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Amyloid neuropathy simulating lower motor neuron disease. 1998

A Quattrini, and R Nemni, and B Sferrazza, and G Ricevuti, and G Dell'Antonio, and A Lazzerini, and S Iannaccone
Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, University of Milan, Italy.

We report a 57-year-old man with progressive symmetric weakness and fasciculation affecting the legs. Electromyography revealed fibrillations and neurogenic motor unit potentials in the leg muscles. Biopsy of a motor branch of the obturator nerve revealed axonal degeneration, loss of myelinated nerve fibers, and amyloidosis with deposits of lambda light chains. At 6-month follow-up, the patient manifested sensory and autonomic symptoms, and lambda light chains were first detected in the serum. In this case, diagnosis of amyloidosis remained elusive until motor nerve biopsy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009431 Neural Conduction The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus. Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001706 Biopsy Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body. Biopsies
D016472 Motor Neuron Disease Diseases characterized by a selective degeneration of the motor neurons of the spinal cord, brainstem, or motor cortex. Clinical subtypes are distinguished by the major site of degeneration. In AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS there is involvement of upper, lower, and brainstem motor neurons. In progressive muscular atrophy and related syndromes (see MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL) the motor neurons in the spinal cord are primarily affected. With progressive bulbar palsy (BULBAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE), the initial degeneration occurs in the brainstem. In primary lateral sclerosis, the cortical neurons are affected in isolation. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1089) Anterior Horn Cell Disease,Familial Motor Neuron Disease,Lateral Sclerosis,Motor Neuron Disease, Lower,Motor Neuron Disease, Upper,Lower Motor Neuron Disease,Motor Neuron Disease, Familial,Motor Neuron Disease, Secondary,Motor System Disease,Primary Lateral Sclerosis,Secondary Motor Neuron Disease,Upper Motor Neuron Disease,Lateral Scleroses,Lateral Scleroses, Primary,Lateral Sclerosis, Primary,Motor Neuron Diseases,Motor System Diseases,Neuron Disease, Motor,Neuron Diseases, Motor,Primary Lateral Scleroses,Scleroses, Lateral,Scleroses, Primary Lateral,Sclerosis, Lateral,Sclerosis, Primary Lateral
D017772 Amyloid Neuropathies Disorders of the peripheral nervous system associated with the deposition of AMYLOID in nerve tissue. Familial, primary (nonfamilial), and secondary forms have been described. Some familial subtypes demonstrate an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Clinical manifestations include sensory loss, mild weakness, autonomic dysfunction, and CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1349) Neuropathies, Amyloid,Amyloid Neuropathy, Secondary,Amyloid Polyneuropathies,Amyloid Neuropathies, Secondary,Amyloid Neuropathy,Amyloid Polyneuropathy,Neuropathies, Secondary Amyloid,Neuropathy, Amyloid,Neuropathy, Secondary Amyloid,Polyneuropathies, Amyloid,Polyneuropathy, Amyloid,Secondary Amyloid Neuropathies,Secondary Amyloid Neuropathy

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