Abstract
Two patients with occult solitary myeloma had a progressive, painful sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy that improved after localized radiotherapy to the myeloma site. The patients have had remissions of the neuropathy and myeloma for 10 and 11/2 years. Review of 46 cases of myeloma and neuropathy indicates that a progressive, painful sensorimotor neuropathy in a middle-aged man suggests a myeloma neuropathy. The neuropathy preceded detection of the myeloma in 80% of the cases. The myeloma was solitary 24% of the time. Radiotherapy, particularly to a solitary myeloma, offered the greatest chance for remission of the neuropathy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 507-511 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Archives of neurology |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1972 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Neurology