title: Multiple Myeloma and Peripheral Neuropathy in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 (DM2).
abstract: Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) is a phenotypically heterogeneous multisystem disorder, most dramatically involving the nervous system. Although multisystem involvement is common in this disease, we present a genetically proven DM2 patient with both peripheral neuropathy and blood dyscrasia, previously unreported in the literature, suggesting a distinct phenotype in this population. Routine electrophoresis in DM2 patients with neuropathy is recommended, and implications surrounding the etiology of peripheral neuropathy and paraproteinemia in DM2 are discussed.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: B Jane
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Distad
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samii