Peripheral Neuropathies

Abstract

Neuropathies are a major branch of neuromuscular disorders, and they vary greatly with regards to their aetiology, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation. Therefore, different classifications and subclassifications are used to describe different aspects of these diseases. Motor and sensory disturbances are common symptoms and signs of peripheral neuropathies. In this chapter, the questions of what kind of complaints, physical and laboratory examination findings are detected in neuropathies, and what are the inflammatory, toxic, idiopathic, and genetic causes of neuropathy are answered. Differential diagnosis methods are briefly explained. Examples of patients with their histopathological images, mainly nerve biopsy, and changes observed in muscle in neuropathies are presented. At the end of the chapter, under the title “all about the pathology of neuropathies”, case examples, surprising cases, short clinical histories, and histopathological pictures are presented. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.