Polyneuropathy in hypereosinophilic syndrome.
1988
We investigated two patients with the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome and peripheral neuropathy. Clinical, EMG, and pathological findings were consistent with axonal polyneuropathy. Morphologic changes of the nerve biopsies suggested axonal damage secondary to increased endoneurial pressure from leakage of capillaries. We postulate that endothelial cell damage, followed by nerve edema, is the first step in the pathogenesis of peripheral neuropathy in these patients.
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