Unusual amyloid polyneuropathy with predominant lumbosacral nerve roots and plexus involvement

Neurology. 1991 Feb;41(2 ( Pt 1)):206-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.41.2_part_1.206.

Abstract

We report a 25-year-old patient with a progressive asymmetric peripheral neuropathy of the distal lower limbs. Imaging studies showed enlargement of lumbosacral roots, plexus, and proximal sciatic nerve. Sacral plexus biopsy revealed amyloidosis associated with endoneurial edema. Immunohistochemistry with anti-prealbumin, serum amyloid A, and immunoglobulin light chain antisera failed to label the amyloid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amyloidosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Amyloidosis / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Lumbosacral Plexus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lumbosacral Plexus / pathology
  • Lumbosacral Region
  • Male
  • Myelography
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Peroneal Nerve / pathology
  • Spinal Nerve Roots / diagnostic imaging*