TABLE 7.

Neuropathic Disorders that Produce Asymmetric/Focal Weakness

Motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Radiculopathy - cervical or lumbosacral Root compression from osteoarthritis Root compression from herniated disc Herpes zoster focal paresis (with rash) Meningeal carcinomatosis and lymphomatosis Sarcoid Amyloid Chronic immune sensory polyradiculopathy Plexopathy - cervical, thoracic, or lumbosacral Immune-mediated/Idiopathic Neoplastic infiltration Diabetic radiculoplexopathy (primarily lumbosacral) Familial brachial plexopathy Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy Mononeuropathy multiplex due to: Vasculitis Multifocal motor neuropathy Multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy (MADSAM) Multifocal acquired motor axonopathy (MAMA) Lyme disease Sarcoid Leprosy HIV infection Hepatitis B and C Cryoglobulinemia amyloidosis Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy Compressive/Entrapment mononeuropathies Median neuropathy Ulnar neuropathy Peroneal neuropathy