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from Peripheral Neuropathies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 November 2024
A 70-year-old man noticed a feeling of walking on cotton wool for the past two years. Numbness had progressed from the toes to the knees, and for half a year there was tingling and numbness in the fingertips. These complaints were symmetric and there was no pain. Walking had become insecure. For one year he had no erections, whereas sexual function had previously been normal. There were no other signs of autonomic dysfunction. In the past two years there was also shortness of breath on exertion. A diagnosis of cardiomyopathy had been made recently.
The family history revealed vitreous opacities in the father and several siblings. A brother also had sensory disturbances in his feet and a thickened heart muscle. His four daughters did not have any complaints.
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