Central and Peripheral Nervous System Complications of Vasculitis Syndromes from Pathology to Bedside: Part 2-Peripheral Nervous System.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Peripheral nervous system vasculitides (PNSV) are a heterogeneous group of disorders with a clinical subset that may differ in prognosis and therapy. We provide a comprehensive update on the clinical assessment, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and follow-up of PNSV.

Recent findings

Progress in neuroimaging, molecular testing, and peripheral nerve biopsy has improved clinical assessment and decision-making of PNSV, also providing novel insights on how to prevent misdiagnosis and increase diagnostic certainty. Advances in imaging techniques, allowing to clearly display the vessel walls, have also enhanced the possibility to differentiate inflammatory from non-inflammatory vascular lesions, while recent histopathology data have identified the main morphol

SUBMITTER: Mansueto G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947450 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature