familial amyloid polyneuropathy (fap) type iv (finnish) is a rare clinical entity with challenging neuropathy and cosmetic deficits. amyloidosis can affect peripheral sensory, motor, or autonomic nerves. nerve lesions are induced by deposits of amyloid fibrils and treatment approaches for neuropathy are challenging. involvement of cranial nerves and atrophy in facial muscles is a real concern i...

An English speaking women developed a French accent, without any aphasic syndromes, in conjunction with multiple left sided cranial nerve deficits, temporally related to cranial trauma. Extensive testing with multimodality magnetic resonance imaging, cerebrospinal fluid and laboratory analysis was unremarkable. She was followed over a 3 year period during which her French accent resolved as did...

BACKGROUND To my knowledge, no large series of multiple cranial neuropathies is available. OBJECTIVES To examine the seats and causes of multiple cranial neuropathies in a large group of inpatients. DESIGN Personal case series. SETTING Wards of a large municipal hospital and affiliated rehabilitation hospital. PATIENTS A consecutive series of 979 unselected inpatients with simultaneous ...