Painless nondiabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy with complete recovery: a case report

Table 1 Summary of blood and cerebrospinal fluid investigations. All negative or normal

Tests on serum/blood
Microbiology	HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, EBV
Autoimmune antibodies	ANA, ANCA, antidouble stranded DNA antibody, Smith, ribonucleoprotein, Ro, La, Scl 70, Jo-1
Onconeural antibodies	Hu, Yo, Ri, CRMP5, amphiphysin, PNMA2, recoverin, SOX1, titin, zic4, GAD65, Tr
IgG ganglioside antibodies	MAG, GM1, GM2, GD1a, GD1b, GQ1b
IgM ganglioside antibodies	MAG, GM1, GM2, GD1a, GD1b, GQ1b
Tests on CSF
Microbiological tests	Gram stain, culture VDRL PCR tests (Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Listeria, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, CMV, enterovirus, HSV1, HSV2, human parechovirus, VZV, Cryptococcus)
Inflammatory/demyelinating	Oligoclonal bands (with paired serum sample)
Malignancy	Flow cytometry Cytology (no malignant cells)

ANA antinuclear antibody, ANCA antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, CMV cytomegalovirus, CRMP5 collapsing response mediator protein 5, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, GAD65 glutamic acid decarboxylase 65-kilodalton isoform, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, HSV herpes simplex virus, MAG myelin-associated glycoprotein, PCR polymerase chain reaction, PNMA2 paraneoplastic antigen Ma2, SOX1 Sry-like high mobility group box 1, VDRL venereal disease research laboratory, VZV varicella zoster virus

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