Sensory neuropathy revealing necrotizing vasculitis during infliximab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe 2 patients with severe erosive rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid vasculitis, respectively, in whom infliximab therapy was associated with peripheral neuropathy due to necrotizing vasculitis in one patient and to progression of preexisting mononeuritis multiplex in the other.
Medical subject headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Neurons, Afferent
- Polyradiculoneuropathy
- Vasculitis, Central Nervous System