Last reviewed: 1 Feb 2021
Last updated: 22 Jun 2018
Summary
Differentials
Common
- Diabetic amyotrophy
- Lumbosacral radiculopathy
- Meralgia paraesthetica
- Peroneal neuropathy
- Morton's neuroma
Uncommon
- Lumbosacral plexopathy (non-neoplastic compressive)
- Obturator neuropathy
- Sciatic neuropathy
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Tibial neuropathy
- Femoral mononeuropathy
- Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies (HNPP)
- HIV
- Herpes zoster
- Herpes simplex
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Cytomegalovirus
- Lyme disease
- Leprosy
- Peripheral nerve vasculitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sjogren's syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Acquired demyelinating sensorimotor polyneuropathy
- Lumbosacral plexopathy (inflammatory)
- Lumbosacral plexopathy (neoplastic compressive)
- Radiation-induced plexopathy
- Lymphoma
- Amyloidosis
- Paraneoplastic immune-mediated attacks
- Nerve sheath tumours
Contributors
Authors
Clinical Neurologist
Colorado Springs Neurological Associates
Colorado Springs
CO
Disclosures
KRS declares that he has no competing interests.
Professor of Neurology
Penn State College of Medicine
Hershey
PA
Disclosures
MJK declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Director of EMG Laboratory & Peripheral Neuropathy Center
Department of Neurology & Neurosciences
New Jersey Medical School
Newark
NJ
Disclosures
NS declares that he has no competing interests.
Senior Consultant
Neuromuscular Diseases Unit
IRCCS Foundation "Carlo Besta" Neurological Institute
Milan
Italy
Disclosures
GL declares that he has no competing interests.
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