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A woman with systemic lupus erythematosus presented with subacute multiple mononeuropathy which improved after plasma exchange. A sural nerve biopsy showed necrotising vasculitis of an epineurial artery.
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Bei einer Patientin mit Lupus erythematosus trat eine Mononeuritis multiplex auf, welche sich nach Plasmapherese besserte. Die Biopsie des N. suralis ergab eine nekrotisierende Vaskulitis in einer epineuralen Arterie.
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Hughes, R.A.C., Cameron, J.S., Hall, S.M. et al. Multiple mononeuropathy as the initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus — nerve biopsy and response to plasma exchange. J Neurol 228, 239–247 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313414
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