[The treatment of peripheral neuropathies in a case of IgA myeloma and one of mixed cryoglobulinaemia. Repeated plasmapheresis (author's transl)].
Peripheral neuropathies were the presenting feature of an IgA lambda myeloma in a 61-year-old man and a mixed cryoglobulinaemia in a 46-year-old woman. A spectacular improvement in these symptoms followed treatment including large volume plasma exchanges with appropriate chemotherapy. This efficacy of repeated plasmapheresis leads to a discussion of the possible mechanisms of these neuropathies.
D003450:Cryoglobulins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010956:Plasmapheresis
D003450:Cryoglobulins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A
Neuropathies périphériques au cours d'un myélome à IgA et d'une cryoglobulinémie mixte. Traitement par plasmaphérèses itératives.