Pérez D, de la Torre RG, Carrio I, Pinto J, Morís G. Cryoglobulinaemic neuropathy: a further cause of bilateral sciatic neuropathy.
Int Arch Med 2008;
1:18. [PMID:
18834546 PMCID:
PMC2572585 DOI:
10.1186/1755-7682-1-18]
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Abstract
Bilateral sciatic neuropathy is a rare condition and it has been described as a compression or entrapment neuropathy but it is an uncommon clinical manifestation due to necrotizing vasculitis. We report an unusual case of cryoglobulinaemic neuropathy in an elderly woman with no underlying infectious or neoplastic cause; acute bilateral sciatic mononeuropathy was the presenting clinical manifestation of the cryoglobulinaemia.
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