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. 1982 May;58(679):311–313. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.679.311

Painful brachial plexopathy: an unusual presentation of polyarteritis nodosa

S G Allan, C C Smith, H M A Towla, A W Downie, J C Clark
PMCID: PMC2426428  PMID: 6125935

Abstract

An elderly man was admitted to hospital with an unusual painful bilateral brachial neuropathy, which progressed in spite of high dose corticosteroid therapy. Polyarteritis nodosa, characterized by widespread arteriolar involvement, was shown at post-mortem.

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