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Amyloid cranial polyneuropathy: A rare neurological presentation of immunoglobulin light‐chain amyloidosis
Author(s) -
Agarwal Abhinav,
Paul Wilson Benny,
Kuruvilla Mathews Prasad,
Viggeswarpu Surekha,
Kango Gopal Gopinath
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
aging medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-0360
DOI - 10.1002/agm2.12148
Subject(s) - medicine , amyloidosis , polyneuropathy , macroglossia , al amyloidosis , pathology , hepatosplenomegaly , proteinuria , nephrotic syndrome , amyloid (mycology) , dermatology , immunoglobulin light chain , antibody , disease , immunology , kidney , tongue
Amyloidosis, a disease with extracellular tissue deposition of fibrils, results in clinical manifestations based on deposition of these fibrils in multiple organ systems. Usual manifestations include nephrotic‐range proteinuria, cardiac failure, hepatosplenomegaly, and skin manifestations. Common neurological manifestations include peripheral and autonomic neuropathies. Cranial neuropathy has been seldom reported and is an unusual clinical feature of amyloidosis. Here, we report an older man who presented with cranial nerve palsies along with other clinical features, including heart failure, proteinuria, weight loss, anorexia and distal symmetric polyneuropathy and was diagnosed with immunoglobulin light‐chain (AL) amyloidosis.

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