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Abdul Ahad E Sheikh1, Abu Baker Sheikh2, Usman Tariq3, Fasih Sami Siddiqui1, Waseem T Malik4, Haris M Rajput5, Imran Ahmad6.
Abstract
Mononeuritis multiplex (MM) is a common variant of a peripheral neuropathy which is characterized by neurological discrepancies that afflict two noncontiguous nerve systems. It is mostly associated with systemic illnesses such as diabetes mellitus, vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), viral infections including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and paraneoplastic syndromes. Lymphoma is a common antecedent to paraneoplastic syndromes that cause peripheral neuropathies but a specific presentation of MM is a rare predicament per our literature analysis.Entities:
Keywords: mononeuritis multiplex; non-hodgkin lymphoma; paraneoplastic syndrome
Year: 2018 PMID: 30155387 PMCID: PMC6110417 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2885
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184