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. 2006 Apr 5;11(4):399–407. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2001.tb00407.x

Paraproteinemic Neuropathies

Anne Vital 1,✉
PMCID: PMC8098264  PMID: 11556684

Abstract

The occurrence of a peripheral neuropathy (PN) in association with a monoclonal gammopathy is quite common and suggests that monoclonal proteins may play a pathogenetic role in peripheral nervous system damage. In fact, paraproteinemic PN constitute an heterogeneous group of disorders related to various pathogenetic factors, and the histopathologic features on peripheral nerve biopsies differ from one condition to another. In several well defined disorders, the responsibility of the monoclonal component in the development of the PN has been evidenced. This is the case for most of the PN associated with an IgM monoclonal gammopathy, either a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) or Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. The responsibility of the monoclonal protein in the occurrence of amyloid neuropathy related to multiple myeloma is also recognized. However, most IgG or IgA MGUS, as well as the monoclonal component in POEMS syndrome, have an uncertain causal relationship with the neuropathy. PN associated with monoclonal cryoglobulin (type 1) are occasional and differ from those associated with mixed cryoglobulins (types 2 or 3).

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