• BMJ case reports · Jan 2014

    Case Reports

    Peroneal nerve involvement as initial manifestation of primary systemic vasculitis.

    • Paolo Ripellino, Claudia Varrasi, Elena Maldi, and Roberto Cantello.
    • Department of Neurology, University of Turin, AOU maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy.
    • BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jan 1;2014.

    AbstractWe report a case of two patients with foot drop due to peroneal nerve infarct as early sign of two different forms of primary systemic vasculitides: a predominantly small-vessel p-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive vasculitis (microscopic polyangiitis) and a predominantly medium-vessel vasculitis (polyarteritis nodosa).

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