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ArticleCureus2024

Severe Mononeuritis Multiplex in Eosinophilic Granulomatous Polyangiitis: A Case Report.

Reem Al Saadi, Sarah AlQassimi, Mohamed Abuzakouk, Ahmed Alduaij

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Reem Al SaadiInternal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Sarah AlQassimiInternal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Mohamed AbuzakoukAllergy and Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Ahmed AlduaijPathology, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
Cleveland Clinic · USLaboratoire National de Référence · MA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report describes a 48-year-old man who presented with a month history of weakness and paraesthesia associated with severe pain of all four limbs. Initially diagnosed and treated as Guillain Barre syndrome due to the severity of his extremity weakness, it was later discovered to be eosinophilic granulomatous polyangiitis (EGPA). Mononeuritis multiplex should not be underestimated or overlooked in the setting of diagnosing EGPA and requires prompt treatment with biologics to limit the permanent consequences on patient's quality of life with regard to developing limb weakness and pain.  Although peripheral neuropathy, namely, mononeuritis multiplex, is not the most common feature of EGPA, it is important to consider it in order not to delay treatment with biologic agents that as seen in our patient can both halt the progress of the disease as well as give the patient a better quality of life.

Indexed as

eosinophilic granulomatous polyangiitismepolizumabmonoclonal antibodymononeuritis multiplexneuropathynucalavasculitis

Identifiers

PMID38690466
PMCPMC11058583
OpenAlexW4393339021

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