PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

[classified according to whether predominantly sensory or motor]

motor neuropathy:

anterior horn cell disease:

motor neurone disease

disease affecting roots:

neurofibroma

peripheral nerve disease:

'die-back' neuropathies (distal)

sensory neuropathy:

disease affecting spinal cord (dorsal columns or spinothalamic tracts):

B₁₂ deficiency

dorsal root ganglion lesions:

herpes zoster

peripheral nerve lesions:

'die-back' neuropathies (distal)