1.A case report of multiple myeloma complicated with primary systemic light amyloidosis peripheral neuropa-thy
Chunjia WU ; Hanzhe ZHANG ; Donghui SHEN ; Haifeng WANG ; Weijie ZHANG ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2023;49(9):539-543
This paper reports a case of multiple myeloma complicated with Primary systemic light chain amyloidosis peripheral neuropathy.Patient was a male,60 years old with subacute onset of peripheral neuropathy.Patient had previous history of hypertension,coronary heart disease and stable angina pectoris.His urine routine examination 2 months ago showed urine protein(+++).The first clinical symptom with peripheral neuropathy characterized by progressive numbness and weakness of both lower limbs.The diagnosis was made after completing electromyography,lumbar puncture,renal puncture,bone puncture and other related examinations,and relevant treatment was given.As a rare disease of nervous system,the incidence rate is low.Early diagnosis is an important step to reduce mortality and improve prognosis.However,the disease is easily misdiagnosed as diabetic peripheral neuropathy and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy,thereby delaying diagnosis and treatment.
2.Relationship between cerebrospinal fluid YKL-40 and cognitive function changes in patients with de novo Parkinson disease
Chunjia WU ; Chao ZHEN ; Zehu SHENG ; Xin WANG
Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases 2023;49(12):712-719
Objective To investigate the correlation between chitinase protein(YKL-40)in cerebrospinal fluid(CSF)and longitudinal changes of cognitive function in patients with de novo Parkinson disease(PD).Methods PD group and healthy controls group were selected from the Parkinson Progression Markers Initiative(PPMI)database and their clinical data were collected at baseline,6 months,12 months,24 months,36 months and 60 months of follow-up.PD patients were divided into Parkinson disease normally cognitive(PD-NC),PD with mild cognitive impairment(PD-MCI),and Parkinson disease with dementia(PD-D)groups and comparison of clinical data between groups.We also investigated the correlation of baseline CSF YKL-40 concentration and rate of change in YKL-40 with longitudinal changes in other CSF biomarkers and clinical cognitive assessment results.Results A total of 195 patients were enrolled in PD group and 88 in healthy controls(HC)group.Baseline CSF YKL-40 levels in PD patients(119.08 pg/mL)were significantly lower than those in HC patients(132.64 pg/mL).The level of CSF YKL-40 in PD-MCI patients(127.51 pg/mL)was significantly higher than that in PD-NC patients(114.77 pg/ml)at baseline(P<0.001).In PD patients,baseline CSF YKL-40 was positively correlated with CSF Aβ42(β=0.526,P<0.001),T-tau(β=0.425,P<0.001),P-tau(β=0.373,P<0.001),and α-syn(β=0.525,P<0.001)levels,and was not correlated with clinical assessments of cognitive function.In mixed effect model analysis,we found that the higher the baseline CSF YKL-40 concentration in PD patients,the faster the increase of CSF T-tau(β=0.034,P=0.009)and P-tau(β=0.041,P=0.001)levels,and the faster the decrease of Hopkins verbal learning test(HVLT)delayed recall(β=-0.027,P=0.029)and HVLT retention(β=-0.030,P=0.022).We also found that higher rates of CSF YKL-40 change were associated with faster increases in CSF T-tau(β=0.045,P=0.001)and P-tau(β= 0.053,P<0.001)levels and faster declines in HVLT Delayed Recall(β=-0.026,P=0.049).Conclusion Our study suggests that CSF YKL-40 holds promise as a biomarker that can monitor the severity of cognitive decline in patients with new-onset PD.