ArticleMuscle & nerve2019
Neuropathy associated with immunoglobulin M monoclonal gammopathy: A combined sonographic and nerve conduction study.
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- Monoclonal Gammopathy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: No Impact on Clinical Progression and Immunotherapy Outcomes.European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Typical CIDP, distal variant CIDP, and anti-MAG antibody neuropathy: An ultra-high frequency ultrasound comparison of nerve structure.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Sonomorphology of median nerve in relation to function: Important lessons from carpal tunnel but still complex.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2023Article
- Value of Antibody Determinations in Chronic Dysimmune Neuropathies.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Review Article "Spotlight on Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Nerve Disease: The Evidence to Date".International journal of general medicine · 2021Review
- Current and future applications of ultrasound imaging in peripheral nerve disorders.World journal of radiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
introductionWe assessed the specific sonographic pattern of structural nerve abnormalities in immunoglobulin M (IgM) neuropathy and disease controls.
methodsWe enrolled 106 incident patients-32 patients with IgM neuropathy, 42 treatment-naive patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and 32 patients with axonal neuropathies. All patients underwent standardized ancillary testing in addition to standardized sonography of the brachial plexus and the large arm and leg nerves bilaterally.
resultsWe found widespread nerve enlargement in IgM neuropathy and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), with specific enlargement of brachial plexus and proximal segments of median nerve but not in axonal disease controls (P < .001). Sonographic nerve hypertrophy in IgM neuropathy was not associated with nerve conduction, clinical, or laboratory characteristics. DISCUSSION: Immunoglobulin M neuropathy is characterized by widespread nerve enlargement indistinguishable from CIDP. Our data provide evidence to confirm that the disease process is not confined to the more distal parts of nerves in either classical demyelinating or axonal variants of neuropathy with associated IgM.
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