title: Amyloid neuropathy in light chain multiple myeloma.
abstract: We describe a 73-year-old man with peripheral neuropathy and light chain lambda-type myeloma. A sural nerve biopsy showed the typical neuropathological picture of amyloid neuropathy. With the present case we first demonstrate amyloid deposits in peripheral nerves during light chain multiple myeloma and stress the importance of amyloidosis in the development of peripheral neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Neurology, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schenone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Primavera
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: De Martini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bianchini
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Mancardi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid