DISEASES OF PERIPHERAL NERVE OVERVIEW

Question 1

what are the diseases of the peripheral nerve?

Answer 1

inflammatory neuropathies
chronic inflammatory demylinating
infectious polyneuropathies
hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies (HMSN)
acquired metabolic and toxic neuropathies
traumatic neuropathies
benign/malignant diseases

Question 2

what are the types of neurofibromatosis, considered a peripheral nerve disease?

Answer 2

type 1-Von recklinghausens disease

types 2

Question 3

what are the degenerating diseases affecting motor neurons?

Answer 3

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Lou Gericks disease

Question 4

what are the muscular dystrophies?

Answer 4

x-linked
duchenne muscular dystrophy

beckers muscular dystrophy

autosomal
limb girdle muscular dystrophy

myotonic dystrophy

Question 5

what are the congenital myopathies?

Answer 5

central core disease
nemaline myopathy
centronuclear myopathy

Question 6

myopathies assoc with inborn errors of metabolism?

Answer 6

glycogen storage disease
lipid myopathies
mitochondrial myopathies

Question 7

what are the toxic myopathies?

Answer 7

drug induced myopathy
thyrotoxic myopathy
ethanol

Question 8

what are the diseases of neuromuscular junction?

Answer 8

myasthenia gravis

lambert eaton myasthenia syndrome

Question 9

this is characterized by widespread msk pain and tenderness?

still a peripheral nerve disease?

Answer 9

fibromyalgia