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Transthyretin amyloidosis presenting with multifocal demyelinating mononeuropathies
Author(s) -
Briemberg Hannah R.,
Amato Anthony A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.10614
Subject(s) - mononeuropathy , medicine , amyloidosis , transthyretin , dermatology , pathology , peripheral neuropathy , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus
Abstract We describe a patient with transthyretin amyloidosis who presented with multifocal mononeuropathies with features of demyelination on nerve conduction studies, a constellation of findings not previously described in amyloid polyneuropathy. Genetic testing revealed a valine122isoleucine mutation in the coding region of the transthyretin gene, a mutation that generally presents with late‐onset cardiac amyloidosis. Our patient was also unusual in that she was 34 years old at the time of presentation and had no cardiac involvement. Muscle Nerve 29: 318–322, 2004