Peripheral nerve granuloma in a patient with tuberculosis

Autor: Richard W. Orrell, Lionel Ginsberg, J V Bowler, R. H. M. King
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. 73(6)
ISSN: 0022-3050
Popis: The cause of peripheral neuropathy associated with tuberculosis is controversial. Possibilities include an immune mediated neuropathy, direct invasion of nerves, vasculitic neuropathy, compressive neuropathy, a meningitic reaction, and the toxic effects of antituberculous chemotherapy. This report describes the unusual finding of granulomas in the peripheral nerve of a patient with tuberculosis. The pathological findings were of a delayed hypersensitivity reaction, but with no more specific indications of the mechanism of the neuropathy.
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