title: [Can a cutaneous-muscular biopsy be helpful in the diagnosis of vasculitis in the stroke?].
abstract: Vasculitis includes a heterogeneous group of multisystemic disorders characterized pathologically by inflammation of blood vessels. The diagnosis of vasculitis is difficult and more often than not, it is made indirectly after eliminating other causes of the stroke. Vasculitis is an infrequent disorder and a rare cause of the stroke. This is a case report of a 41-year-old man who had the first-ever stroke with vasculitis diagnosed histologically in a cutaneous-muscular biopsy from the place not changed by the disease. After corticosteroid therapy the hemiparesis disappeared. The patient has continued the treatment with immunosuppressive drugs.
authors.affiliation: Szpital Specjalistyczny, Oddział Neurologii, ul. Rydygiera 1, 64-920 Piła. mpwisz@pi.onet.pl
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiszniewska
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maciejewska-Piwar
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Breborowicz
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Paprzycki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents