RESUMO
Twenty patients with vasculitic neuropathy were analyzed. Sixteen of the twenty presented with classic mononeuritis multiplex but four had distal, symmetrical, sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Though vasculitic neuropathy is classically associated with Collagen vascular syndromes like, polyarteritis nodosa, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosis, only 13/20 of our patients had definitive Collagen vascular disease. A large proportion (7/20) had vasculitic neuropathy as the only clinical feature.
Assuntos
Adulto , Idoso , Artrite Reumatoide/complicações , Doenças do Colágeno/complicações , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico/complicações , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neurite (Inflamação)/etiologia , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/etiologia , Nervo Fibular/fisiopatologia , Poliarterite Nodosa/complicações , Nervo Radial/fisiopatologia , Transtornos de Sensação/etiologia , Nervo Ulnar/fisiopatologia , Vasculite/complicaçõesRESUMO
The traditional concept of a clear demarcation between the vascular supply of the internal capsule and the thalamus cannot be regarded as absolute. Two cases of sensorimotor stroke due to posterior cerebral artery territory infarction are described, with CT evidence of internal capsular involvement.