Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
Clinical Pearls and Myths in Vasculitis
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Polyarteritis Nodosa: MythThe philosophy underly<strong>in</strong>g this statement is accurate (i.e.,biopsies of symptomatic organs have a higher yield thanbiopsies of un<strong>in</strong>volved organs).The statement is false, however.A study of 175 consecutive sural nerve biopsies from onecenter addressed the question of how often sural nervebiopsies revealed necrotiz<strong>in</strong>g vasculitis among patientsultimately diagnosed as hav<strong>in</strong>g systemic vasculitis.Gorson KC, Hedley-White ET, Sk<strong>in</strong>ner MM Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. N Engl J Med M917-923, 2001