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A. Polyneuropathy (Mnemonic "DANG THERAPIST") navigator

  1. D diabetic
  2. A alcoholic
  3. N nutritional (Vitamins B6, B12)
  4. G Guillain-Barre syndrome
  5. T toxic (lead, arsenic, vinblastine, others)
  6. He hereditary
  7. R recurrent
  8. A amyloid
  9. P porphyria (motor involvement, intermittent)
  10. I infections (AIDS, mononucleosis, leprosy, diphtheria)
  11. S systemic (CVD, uremia, dysproteinemia)
  12. T tumor (paraneoplastic)

B. Sensorimotor Polyneuropathies (Generalized) navigator

  1. Alcoholic Neuropathy
  2. Diabetic Neuropathy
  3. Vitamin B12 Deficiency
  4. Toxin Neuropathy
  5. Metabolic Disorder
  6. Inflammatory Neuropathies
  7. Critical Illness Polyneuropathy - nutritional/metabolic/toxin components

C. Mononeuritis Multiplex [1]navigator

  1. Diabetes mellitus
  2. HIV infection
  3. Lyme Disease
  4. Leprosy
  5. Dysglobulinemia
    1. Cryoglobulinemia
    2. Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia
    3. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
    4. Multiple myeloma and other plasma-cell dyscrasias
  6. Paraneoplastic neuropathies
  7. Vasculitis
    1. Frank systemic vasculitis, particularly polyarteritis nodosa [2]
    2. Systemic lupus erythematosus
    3. Sjogren's Syndrome
  8. Sarcoidosis
  9. Leukemia
  10. Lymphoma
  11. Castleman's Disease
  12. Amyloidosis

D. Radiculopathy (usually compression syndromes)navigator

  1. Cervical
  2. Lumbar
  3. Usually due to bone abnormalities in spine or vertebral disc disease

E. Nerve Entrapment Syndromes navigator

  1. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  2. Ulnar Nerve Palsy (Cubital Tunnel Syndrome)
  3. Brachial Plexus Lesions
  4. Radial Nerve Syndrome
  5. Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
  6. Meralgia Paresthetica - lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathy
  7. Morton's Neuroma

References navigator

  1. Gorson KC, Hedley-Whyte ET, Skinner MM. 2001. NEJM. 344(12):917 (Case Record)
  2. Stone JH. 2002. 288(13):1632 abstract