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Keith Meloff, MD
Pediatric Neurologist Dadeland Medical Bldg 7400 N Kendall Dr Miami, FL 33156

Arch Neurol. 1980;37(12):786.

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To the Editor.—

I enjoyed reading the article "Multiple Sclerosis Associated With Eosinophilic Vasculitis, Pericarditis, and Hypocomplementemia" by Dr Tanphaichitr (ARCHIVES 1980 37:314-315). Either through oversight or perhaps through some confusion in terminology, the article did not mention polyarteritis as a possible cause for the patient's difficulties. I and my colleagues reported a case of a 16-year-old boy who had polyarteritis and in whom a multiple sclerosis like syndrome developed that affected the brainstem and cerebrum.' His serum demyelinated nerve in culture of tissue. A renal angiogram revealed multiple aneurysms that involved the peripheral branches of both renal arteries, mainly on the left side. Drs Mannik and Gilliland nicely reviewed the differential diagnosis of vasculitis.² In my opinion, the neurological manifestations of both Dr Tanphaichitr's patient and my patient could all be attributed to vascular disease, and the multiple sclerosis picture to an "eosinophilic" herring. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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