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. 2021 Oct 1;12:706169. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.706169

Table 4.

Classification of paraneoplastic neuropathies.

Types of PN neuropathies Sub-classification Comments
Generalized neuropathies Subacute sensory neuronopathy Highly indicative of a PN cause- although also observed in other conditions
Sensory neuropathy Unspecific
Sensorimotor neuropathy Unspecific
Sensory neuromyopathy and terminal neuropathy Historic terminology
Motor neuropathy Rare
Multiplex neuropathy Vasculitis is rare
Myeloneuropathy Possibly new entity
Autonomic neuropathies Incidence uncertain
Rarer and disputed entities Small fiber neuropathy Incidence unclear, except for hematologically-associated types
Cryoglobulinemic neuropathy
Hyperexcitability syndromes
Paraproteinemia and AL amyloid
Focal nerve lesions Cranial nerves Individual cases
Nerve plexus
Mononeuropathies