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Involvement of the peripheral nervous system in temporal arteritis-polymyalgia rheumatica. Report of 3 cases and review of the literature.
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1987
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VasculitisFibromyalgiaPeripheral NervesOrthopaedic SurgeryPeripheral Nervous SystemRheumatoid DisorderInflammatory Rheumatic DiseaseNeurologyTemporal Arteritis-polymyalgia RheumaticaNeuropathologyRheumatoid ArthritisRheumatologyRheumatic DiseasesPaediatric RheumatologyBrachial NeuropathySclerodermaPeripheral Nerve SymptomatologyLumbosacral RadiculopathyC-5 RadiculopathyMedicine
Involvement of the peripheral nervous system is very uncommon in the temporal arteritis-polymyalgia rheumatica syndrome. Three different presentations of the involvement can be recognized: mononeuropathy, polyneuropathy and brachial neuropathy--C-5 radiculopathy. We report 3 patients in whom peripheral nerve symptomatology dominated the clinical picture of the disease, and review 20 previously published cases.