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Mononeuritis multiplex

**Mononeuritis multiplex**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-10	G58.7
ICD-9	354.5
DiseasesDB	8346
MedlinePlus	000782
eMedicine	pmr/80
MeSH	D020422

Mononeuritis multiplex is the clinical picture that arises from problems with multiple individual nerves serially or almost simultaneously.

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Synonyms

Mononeuropathy multiplex

Clinical findings

Mononeuritis multiplex typically presents with the acute or subacute evolution of loss of sensory and motor function of individual peripheral nerves. The pattern of involvement is asymmetric.

Diagnosis

Electrodiagnostic studies will show multifocal sensory motor axonal neuropathy.

Causes and associations

v • d • e Nervous system pathology, primarily PNS (G50-G99, 350-359)
Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders	cranial nerve: V (Trigeminal neuralgia) - VII (Facial nerve paralysis, Bell's palsy, Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome, Central seven) - XI (Accessory nerve disorder) nerve root and plexus: Brachial plexus lesion - Thoracic outlet syndrome - Phantom limb mononeuropathy: Carpal tunnel syndrome - Ulnar nerve entrapment - Radial neuropathy - Causalgia - Meralgia paraesthetica - Tarsal tunnel syndrome - Morton's neuroma - Mononeuritis multiplex
Polyneuropathies and other disorders of the PNS	Hereditary and idiopathic (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Dejerine Sottas syndrome, Refsum's disease, Morvan's syndrome) - Guillain-Barré syndrome - Alcoholic polyneuropathy - Neuropathy
Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle	Myasthenia gravis - Primary disorders of muscles (Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic dystrophy, Myotonia congenita, Thomsen disease, Neuromyotonia, Paramyotonia congenita, Centronuclear myopathy, Nemaline myopathy, Mitochondrial myopathy) - Myopathy - Periodic paralysis (Hypokalemic, Hyperkalemic) - Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Autonomic	Familial dysautonomia - Horner's syndrome - Multiple system atrophy (Shy-Drager syndrome, Olivopontocerebellar atrophy)