What Is Length Dependent Neuropathy. In brief polyneuropathy is a length dependent neuropathy. One patient developed a small fiber neuropathy in the context of tnf inhibitor induced lupus.
One patient developed a small fiber neuropathy in the context of tnf inhibitor induced lupus. In contrast one patient presented with a length dependent small fiber neuropathy experiencing burning pain only in the feet. We report the features of non length dependent small fiber neuropathy sfn and compare them to those with distal length dependent sfn.
Nerve fibers are less affected.
In brief polyneuropathy is a length dependent neuropathy. About three fourths of polyneuropathies are length dependent meaning the farthest nerve endings in the feet are where symptoms develop first or are worse. In contrast one patient presented with a length dependent small fiber neuropathy experiencing burning pain only in the feet. The majority of peripheral neuropathies are length dependent sensory predominant and clinically mild to moderate in severity without major functional limitations.