SOD1-ALS mimicking an inflammatory neuropathy: a case report

Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2025 Apr 12:1-4. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2025.2488296. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

We present the case of a 36-year-old patient with a rapidly progressing SOD1-ALS, who was initially diagnosed as inflammatory acute motor axonal neuropathy due to contrast-enhancement of the lumbar spinal cord and a pure secondary motor neuron phenotype. Since the initiation of tofersen, disease progression and neurofilament levels impressively declined.

Keywords: ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; MRI; SOD1 mutation; contrast enhancement.