A Case of Femoral Compressive Neuropathy in AL Amyloidosis.
10.3346/jkms.2005.20.3.524
- Author:
Eun Ha KANG
1
;
Eun Bong LEE
;
Churl Hyun IM
;
Jin Hyun KIM
;
Jeong Jin PARK
;
Jung Chan LEE
;
Sung Hwan KIM
;
Yeong Wook SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. leb7616@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Amyloidosis;
Muscle Weakness;
Femoral Neuropathy
- MeSH:
Amyloidosis/*pathology;
Fatal Outcome;
Femoral Neuropathy/*pathology;
Humans;
Hypertrophy;
Kidney Failure, Chronic/pathology;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Nerve Compression Syndromes/*pathology;
Psoas Muscles/pathology
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2005;20(3):524-527
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
