| Table
1: |
|
Peripheral
Neuropathy Syndromes
|
| I.
Acute-Subacute Generalized Polyneuropathies |
| A.
Sensorimotor |
|
|
1.
Acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy syndrome
2. Alcohol/nutritional
3. Toxins (metals) |
| B.
Motor > sensory |
| |
1.
Guillain-Barre syndrome
2. Acute motor axonal neuropathy syndrome
3. Porphyria
4. Diphtheria
5. Toxins (dapsone, vincristine) |
| C.
Sensory |
| |
1.
Paraneoplastic/autoimmune (anti-Hu associated)
2. Vitamin B6 toxicity
3. Toxins (cisplatin)
4. Human immunodeficiency virus |
| II.
Chronic Generalized Symmetric Polyneuropathies |
| A.
Sensorimotor |
| |
1.
Diabetes
2. Uremia
3. Alcohol/nutritional
4. Dysproteinemias
5. Connective tissue diseases |
| B.
Motor > sensory |
| |
1.
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
2. Dysproteinemias
3. Hypothyroidism
4. Toxins (amiodarone, cytosine arabinoside, metals, tacrolimus) |
| C.
Sensory |
| |
1.
Paraneoplastic/autoimmune (anti-Hu associated)
2. Vitamin B6 toxicity
3. Sjögren's syndrome
4. Vitamin E deficiency |
| III.
Inherited Generalized Symmetric Sensory and Motor Polyneuropathies |
A.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease types 1,2,3 and X
B. Familial amyloidosis
C. Hereditary predisposition to pressure palsies (focal and symmetric) |
| IV.
Asymmetric Generalized Sensory and Motor Polyneuropathies |
A.
Vasculitis
B. Sarcoidosis
C. Diabetes
D. Lyme disease |
| V.
Mononeuropathies |
A.
Compression and entrapment neuropatheis
B. Vasculitis
C. Diabetes |
| VI.
Autonomic Neuropathies and Polyneuropathies with Prominent Autonomic
Features |
| A.
Acute |
| |
1.
Acute pandysautonomia (paraneoplastic and idiopathic)
2. Guillain-Barre syndrome
3. Botulism
4. Porphyria
5. Toxins (vincristine, amiodarone, cisplatin, organic solvents, metals) |
| B.
Chronic |
| |
1.
Diabetes
2. Chronic pandysautonomia (paraneoplastic and idiopathic)
3. Amyloidosis
4. Riley-Day syndrome |
| |