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🌟 Mononeuritis multiplex

 🎯 Pathology

  • random simultaneous or sequential involvement of one or more peripheral sensory or motor nerves

  • the involvement of nerves is usually asymmetrical and painful

  • also known as “multifocal neuropathy”

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💡 Causes

  • diabetes mellitus

  • vasculitis (e.g. Wegener’s granulomatosis)

  • rheumatoid arthritis

  • infections (e.g. leprosy, HIV, hepatitis C)

  • sarcoidosis

  • amyloidosis

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