Value of Nerve Biopsy in Patients With Latent Malignant Hemopathy and Peripheral Neuropathy. Issue 3 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Duchesne, Mathilde; Mathis, Stéphane; Corcia, Philippe; Richard, Laurence; Ghorab, Karima; Jaccard, Arnaud; Magy, Laurent; Vallat, Jean-Michel; Zaniboni., Alberto
• Is Part Of: Medicine. Volume 94:Issue 3(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Geneeskunde; Medicine; Periodicals; Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000394
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0025-7974

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Hematological malignancies include several diseases that may affect the peripheral nervous system (PNS) through various mechanisms. A common and challenging situation is represented by the occurrence of an active peripheral neuropathy in a patient with a supposed inactive hematological disorder.</p> <p>We report clinical, electrophysiological, biological, and pathological data of 8 patients with latent malignant hemopathies (most were considered in remission): B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 3 patients, B-cell lymphoma in 1 patient, low-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1 patient, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia in 1 patient, smoldering multiple myeloma in 1 patient, and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in 1 patient.</p> <p>In all these cases, the nerve biopsy (NB) helped to diagnose the hematological relapse or detect a pathological mechanism linked to the hematological disorder: epineurial lymphocytic infiltration in 5 patients (including one with antimyelin-associated glycoprotein antibodies), cryoglobulin deposits in 1 patient, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in 1 patient, and necrotizing vasculitis in 1 patient. In each case, pathological findings were crucial to select the adequate treatment, leading to an improvement in the neurological and biological manifestations.</p> <p>These observations illustrate the value of NB and the need for active collaboration between neurologists and hematologists in such cases.</p> </sec> </abstract>