Neuropathy in Rheumatoid Disease

Oesophageal Motor Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Clinical and Manometric Study

“…However, the occurrence of a somatic nervous system neuropathy [25] and the possible involvement of the autonomic pathways in RA [26] suggest that there may be a linkage between visceral involvement and peripheral neuropathy, not unlike that reported in alcoholic [27] and diabetic [28] neuropathies. Again, RA patients can com plain of peripheric neuropathy due to sec ondary amyloid deposition [29].…”

Five- to thirteen-year follow-up of the GSB III total elbow arthroplasty

“…It has been shown that ulnar neuropathy may exist in patients with rheumatoid disease. 4,8 In our series of 28 patients, 6 had preexisting symptoms of ulnar neuritis before elbow replacement. In 4 of these patients, the symptoms resolved, presumably related to the transposition of the nerve.…”

Rheumatoid arthritis: extra-articular manifestations.

“…It may also be due to concurrent disease such as pernicious anaemia, diabetes, porphyria, or alcoholism. We described rheumatoid neuropathy 12 years ago (Hart et al, 1957), and Golding and I later reported details of 42 cases (Hart and Golding, 1960) from Westminster Hospital at the same time as Steinberg (1960) published very similar findings from the London Hospital. Later Pallis and Scott (1965) reported similar findings, but, in addition, patchy areas of sensory loss over the fingers, possibly due to digital arteritis; and in the died, the average survival time from date of diagnosis to death was in 12 males two weeks to three years, averaging about one year, and in 12 females two weeks to seven years, averaging roundly two years.…”