Abstract:Paraproteinemic polyneuropathies (PPN) occur generally infrequently and arise from diseases, associated with formation and accumulation of a pathological protein, commonly known as paraprotein, which is typically an immunoglobulin or its free light chain. Such diseases include the following: monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, multiple myeloma, Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, AL amyloidosis, POEMS syndrome, etc. Diagnosis of PPN is challenging due to nonspecific, indistinct or atypical clinica… Show more
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