TABLE 3.
Clinical findings at diagnosis of acquired amyloid neuropathy.
| Patient | Weakness | Sensibility Disturbance | Autonomic Symptoms (*) | Neurological Examination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | Dysesthesia and numbness in distal LL | No | Hypoesthesia in distal LL |
| 2 | No | Numbness in distal LL | Asthenia and weight loss | Tactile and thermal hypoesthesia in distal LL |
| Tactile hypoesthesia in distal UL Absent Achilles reflex | ||||
| 3 | No | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | No | Hypopallesthesia in distal LL. Decreased Achilles reflex |
| 4 | No | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | Erectile dysfunction | Thermal hypoesthesia in distal LL |
| 5 | No | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | No | Thermo-algesic hypoesthesia and hypopallesthesia in distal LL |
| Absent Achilles reflex | ||||
| 6 | No | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | Diarrhea | Tactile and thermo-algesic hypoesthesia in distal LL |
| Hypopallesthesia in distal LL | ||||
| Absent patellar and Achilles’s reflex | ||||
| 7 | No | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | No | Tactile and thermo-algesic hypoesthesia in distal UL and LL |
| Hypopallesthesia in distal LL | ||||
| Decreased Achilles reflex | ||||
| 8 | No | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | Erectile dysfunction, weight loss, diarrhea | Thermo-algesic hypoesthesia and hypopallesthesia in distal LL |
| 9 | No | Numbness in distal LL | Erectile dysfunction | Thermo-algesic hypoesthesia in distal UL and LL. Hypopallesthesia in distal LL |
| 10 | Yes | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | No | Thermal hypoesthesia in distal LL |
| 11 | No | Painful dysesthesia in distal LL | Erectile dysfunction | Normal |
| 12 | Yes | Dysesthesia and numbness in UL and LL | Orthostatism, diarrhea | Thermo-algesic hypoesthesia and hypopallesthesia in UL and LL. Distal weakness in UL and LL. |
| Absent patellar and Achilles’s reflex |
(*) Excludes erectile dysfunction prior to domino liver transplant.
LL, lower limb; UL, upper limbs.