Acute autonom ic and sensory neuropathy was first described by Colan and colleagues in 1980 (1 ). The disease is characterized by autonomic dysfunction and severe sensory deficit with acute onset (2, 3). The disease is rare and is thought to be a variant form of acute pandysautonomia ( 4, 5) and Guillain-Barre syndrome (6) . Pathologically , the abnormality in this disease as found in two autop...

Objective The Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) is a rare group of neuropathies that affects the Sensory and Autonomic nervous system. The patients do not have the ability of sensing different sensations such as pain and temperature, which tends to lead to different injuries. In addition, due to autonomic involvement, the patients suffer from fluctuation in body temperature per...

The association between hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) and optic atrophy has been termed HMSN type VI. The autosomal dominant inheritance of this syndrome is reported. Three generations were affected with optic atrophy, which differed in some respects from classic dominant optic atrophy, and an asymptomatic, mainly sensory, neuropathy.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article provides a clinical approach to peripheral neuropathy based on anatomic localization and diagnostic testing. RECENT FINDINGS Advances have been made in the evaluation of small fiber neuropathy and in the known genetic causes of neuropathy. SUMMARY History and physical examination remain the most useful tools for evaluating peripheral neuropathy. Characterizati...