Abstract
We describe a 28-year-old man who developed a mononeuropathy with a conduction block of the median nerve in the forearm, during the acute stage of a polyarteritis nodosa. Sequential studies show progressive disappearance of the conduction block (together with the clinical symptoms), without signs of axonotmesis.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Axons / drug effects
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Axons / physiology
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Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
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Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / drug effects
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Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / physiology
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Fingers / innervation
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Humans
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Male
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Median Nerve / blood supply*
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Median Nerve / drug effects
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Neuritis / diagnosis
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Neuritis / drug therapy
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Neuritis / physiopathology*
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Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnosis
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Polyarteritis Nodosa / drug therapy
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Polyarteritis Nodosa / physiopathology*
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Prednisone / administration & dosage
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Synaptic Transmission / drug effects
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Synaptic Transmission / physiology*
Substances
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Cyclophosphamide
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Prednisone