Diagnostic challenges in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy: avoiding misdiagnosis of a treatable hereditary neuropathy

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 May;88(5):457-458. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-315262. Epub 2017 Feb 10.
No abstract available

Keywords: amyloid polyneuropathy; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy; peripheral neuropathy; transthyretin.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / diagnosis*
  • Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Delayed Diagnosis
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis / complications
  • Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis / diagnosis
  • Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis / pathology
  • Logistic Models
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neural Conduction
  • Paraproteinemias / complications
  • Paraproteinemias / diagnosis
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / pathology
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / diagnosis*
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating / pathology
  • Prealbumin / genetics
  • Radiculopathy / diagnosis*
  • Radiculopathy / etiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Spinal Puncture
  • Spinal Stenosis / complications
  • Spinal Stenosis / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Prealbumin

Supplementary concepts

  • Amyloidosis, Hereditary, Transthyretin-Related