Sural nerve biopsy in vasculitic neuropathies: morphometric analysis of the caliber of involved vessels

• Published in: Journal of medicine Vol. 27; no. 3-4; p. 153
• Main Authors: Ohkoshi, N, Mizusawa, H, Oguni, E, Shoji, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1996
• Subjects: Aged; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - pathology; Biopsy; Blood Vessels - pathology; Churg-Strauss Syndrome - pathology; Female; Humans; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Polyarteritis Nodosa - pathology; Sural Nerve - pathology; Vasculitis - pathology

We performed histologic and morphometric analyses of the sural nerve in 13 patients with vasculitic neuropathies. The ratio of vessels with vasculitis, the caliber of involved vessels, and pathologic changes of myelinated fibers were evaluated. In patients with polyarteritis nodosa (PN), rheumatoid...