Case report of Paraproteinemia
Department of Neurology, BMCRI Super Specialty Hospital/PMSSY Hospital, Bengalore, Karnataka, India.
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(02), 848-850
Publication history:
Received on 26 July 20212 revised on 18 November 2022; accepted on 20 November 2022
Abstract:
Different peripheral neuropathies are linked to paraproteinemia. Anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) neuropathy, immunoglobulin or its fragment deposition in the interstitium, immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis) and paraneoplastic mechanisms that cannot be solely attributed to immunoglobulin or its fragment deposition, represented by polyneuropathy, organotypic, are the three main causes of neuropathy correlated with paraproteinemia. Nerve conduction metrics slow down in patients with POEMS syndrome and anti-MAG neuropathy. An approximately (3.2%) of people over the age of 45-50 have paraproteins in their bodies. Plasma cell diseases can be thought of as a continuum of illnesses ranging from asymptomatic myeloma to symptomatic monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS). A low amount of paraprotein (30 g/L), a low percentage of plasma cells in the bone marrow, and the absence of organ or tissue damage from myeloma are the characteristics of MGUS (predominantly renal, skeletal or bone marrow impairment.) No treatment is necessary for MGUS, and there is a 1% annual risk.
Keywords:
Paraproteinemia; POEMS; anti-MAG neuropathy; MGUS
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