Paraproteinaemic neuropathies (original) (raw)
Poznáme celý rad rôznych typov neuropatií, ktoré sú spojené s abnormálnou produkciou imunoglobulínov. Označujeme ich termínom paraproteinemické, resp. dysproteinemické neuropatie. Paraproteinémia je heterogénne ochorenie, pri ktorom môže monoklonálna gamapatia predstavovať v zásade benígny proces, ktorý nazývame monoklonálna gamapatia s neurčeným významom (MGUS). Na druhej strane môže monoklonálna gamapatia poukazovať na prítomnosť systémového malígneho hematologického ochorenia. Hlavné diagnózy často asociované s periférnou neuropatiou sú: Waldenströmova makroglobulinémia (WM), POEMS (polyneuropatia, organomegália, endokrinopatia, monoklonálna gamapatia, kožné zmeny), mnohonásobný myelóm (MM) a primárna amyloidóza (AL). V článku sú uvedené patofyziologické, klinické, elektrofyziologické aj terapeutické charakteristiky neuropatických syndrómov združených s prítomnosťou paraproteínu.
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