title: A case of femoral compressive neuropathy in AL amyloidosis.
abstract: We describe a case of a 54-yr-old AL amyloidosis patient who developed femoral compressive neuropathy due to iliopsoas pseudohypertrophy. The patient, who presented with end stage renal disease, was referred to our clinic because of lower extremity weakness and polyarthritis. Finally, he was diagnosed as having kappa-AL amyloidosis, complicated by femoral compressive neuropathy, hypertrophic amyloid myopathy, amyloid arthropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, and end stage renal disease. Femoral compressive neuropathy has never been reported in association with amyloid induced iliopsoas hypertrophic myopathy. This report expands the clinical spectrum of AL amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Ha
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Eun Bong
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Churl Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Jin Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong Jin
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung Chan
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeong Wook
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000473:pathology*; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000473:pathology