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Motor nerve neuritis

MedGen UID:
68610
•Concept ID:
C0235025
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Motor Neuritides; Motor Neuritis; Neuritides, Motor; Neuritis, Motor
SNOMED CT: Motor peripheral neuropathy (95663000); Motor neuritis (95663000); Peripheral motor neuropathy (95663000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004004

Definition

Inflammation or degeneration of the peripheral motor nerves. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nerve ultrasound improves detection of treatment-responsive chronic inflammatory neuropathies.
Herraets IJT, Goedee HS, Telleman JA, van Eijk RPA, van Asseldonk JT, Visser LH, van den Berg LH, van der Pol WL
Neurology 2020 Apr 7;94(14):e1470-e1479. Epub 2020 Jan 20 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008978. PMID: 31959710
Axillary nerve injury: diagnosis and treatment.
Steinmann SP, Moran EA
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2001 Sep-Oct;9(5):328-35. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200109000-00006. PMID: 11575912
Herpes zoster oticus: diagnosis and management.
Muecke M, Amedee RG
J La State Med Soc 1993 Aug;145(8):333-5. PMID: 8228542

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Peripherin is a biomarker of axonal damage in peripheral nervous system disease.
Keddie S, Smyth D, Keh RYS, Chou MKL, Grant D, Surana S, Heslegrave A, Zetterberg H, Wieske L, Michael M, Eftimov F, Bellanti R, Rinaldi S, Hart MS, Petzold A, Lunn MP
Brain 2023 Nov 2;146(11):4562-4573. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad234. PMID: 37435933Free PMC Article
Inferior vestibular neuritis.
Kim JS, Kim HJ
J Neurol 2012 Aug;259(8):1553-60. Epub 2012 Jan 4 doi: 10.1007/s00415-011-6375-4. PMID: 22215238
Idiopathic brachial neuritis.
Sumner AJ
Neurosurgery 2009 Oct;65(4 Suppl):A150-2. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345355.59438.D1. PMID: 19927060
Molecular basis of hereditary neuropathies.
Chance PF
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2001 May;12(2):277-91. PMID: 11345007
Inflammatory neuropathies.
Hughes RA
Baillieres Clin Neurol 1994 Apr;3(1):45-72. PMID: 7921591

Diagnosis

Peripherin is a biomarker of axonal damage in peripheral nervous system disease.
Keddie S, Smyth D, Keh RYS, Chou MKL, Grant D, Surana S, Heslegrave A, Zetterberg H, Wieske L, Michael M, Eftimov F, Bellanti R, Rinaldi S, Hart MS, Petzold A, Lunn MP
Brain 2023 Nov 2;146(11):4562-4573. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad234. PMID: 37435933Free PMC Article
Axonal degeneration in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a reappraisal.
Berciano J
J Neurol 2021 Oct;268(10):3728-3743. Epub 2020 Jun 30 doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-10034-y. PMID: 32607643
Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Hansen K, Crone C, Kristoferitsch W
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;115:559-75. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52902-2.00032-1. PMID: 23931802
Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Hughes RA, Cornblath DR
Lancet 2005 Nov 5;366(9497):1653-66. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67665-9. PMID: 16271648
Bilateral vestibulopathy revisited.
Brandt T
Eur J Med Res 1996 May 24;1(8):361-8. PMID: 9360934

Therapy

Application of a physiotherapeutic protocol associated with photobiomodulation for the treatment of leprosy patients.
Duarte VMS, Bonazza DSS, Lino-Dos-Santos-Franco A, Fontes CJF, Damazo AS
Lasers Med Sci 2023 Dec 22;39(1):12. doi: 10.1007/s10103-023-03957-1. PMID: 38133695
Early predictors of disability of paediatric-onset AQP4-IgG-seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.
Camera V, Messina S, Elhadd KT, Sanpera-Iglesias J, Mariano R, Hacohen Y, Dobson R, Meletti S, Wassmer E, Lim MJ, Huda S, Hemingway C, Leite MI, Ramdas S, Palace J
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2022 Jan;93(1):101-111. Epub 2021 Sep 28 doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-327206. PMID: 34583946
Multimodal Evoked Potentials as Candidate Prognostic and Response Biomarkers in Clinical Trials of Multiple Sclerosis.
Hardmeier M, Fuhr P
J Clin Neurophysiol 2021 May 1;38(3):171-180. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000723. PMID: 33958567
Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Hughes RA, Cornblath DR
Lancet 2005 Nov 5;366(9497):1653-66. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67665-9. PMID: 16271648
The neurotoxicity of antibacterial agents.
Snavely SR, Hodges GR
Ann Intern Med 1984 Jul;101(1):92-104. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-101-1-92. PMID: 6329054

Prognosis

Individual Prognostication of Disease Activity and Disability Worsening in Multiple Sclerosis With Retinal Layer Thickness z Scores.
Lin TY, Motamedi S, Asseyer S, Chien C, Saidha S, Calabresi PA, Fitzgerald KC, Samadzadeh S, Villoslada P, Llufriu S, Green AJ, Preiningerova JL, Petzold A, Leocani L, Garcia-Martin E, Oreja-Guevara C, Outteryck O, Vermersch P, Balcer LJ, Kenney R, Albrecht P, Aktas O, Costello F, Frederiksen J, Uccelli A, Cellerino M, Frohman EM, Frohman TC, Bellmann-Strobl J, Schmitz-Hübsch T, Ruprecht K, Brandt AU, Zimmermann HG, Paul F
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2024 Sep;11(5):e200269. Epub 2024 Jun 28 doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200269. PMID: 38941572Free PMC Article
Updates in diagnostic tools for diagnosing nerve injury and compressions.
Bourke G, Wade RG, van Alfen N
J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2024 Jun;49(6):668-680. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1177/17531934241238736. PMID: 38534079
Neuromuscular Mimics of Entrapment Neuropathies of Upper Extremities.
Gilchrist JM, Dandapat S
Hand (N Y) 2020 Sep;15(5):599-607. Epub 2020 Feb 5 doi: 10.1177/1558944719898801. PMID: 32020820Free PMC Article
Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Hughes RA, Cornblath DR
Lancet 2005 Nov 5;366(9497):1653-66. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67665-9. PMID: 16271648
Pathogenesis of immune-mediated neuropathies.
Rostami AM
Pediatr Res 1993 Jan;33(1 Suppl):S90-4. doi: 10.1203/00006450-199305001-00524. PMID: 8381954

Clinical prediction guides

Individual Prognostication of Disease Activity and Disability Worsening in Multiple Sclerosis With Retinal Layer Thickness z Scores.
Lin TY, Motamedi S, Asseyer S, Chien C, Saidha S, Calabresi PA, Fitzgerald KC, Samadzadeh S, Villoslada P, Llufriu S, Green AJ, Preiningerova JL, Petzold A, Leocani L, Garcia-Martin E, Oreja-Guevara C, Outteryck O, Vermersch P, Balcer LJ, Kenney R, Albrecht P, Aktas O, Costello F, Frederiksen J, Uccelli A, Cellerino M, Frohman EM, Frohman TC, Bellmann-Strobl J, Schmitz-Hübsch T, Ruprecht K, Brandt AU, Zimmermann HG, Paul F
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2024 Sep;11(5):e200269. Epub 2024 Jun 28 doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200269. PMID: 38941572Free PMC Article
Updates in diagnostic tools for diagnosing nerve injury and compressions.
Bourke G, Wade RG, van Alfen N
J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2024 Jun;49(6):668-680. Epub 2024 Mar 27 doi: 10.1177/17531934241238736. PMID: 38534079
Early predictors of disability of paediatric-onset AQP4-IgG-seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders.
Camera V, Messina S, Elhadd KT, Sanpera-Iglesias J, Mariano R, Hacohen Y, Dobson R, Meletti S, Wassmer E, Lim MJ, Huda S, Hemingway C, Leite MI, Ramdas S, Palace J
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2022 Jan;93(1):101-111. Epub 2021 Sep 28 doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-327206. PMID: 34583946
Neuralgic amyotrophy in children.
Al-Ghamdi F, Ghosh PS
Muscle Nerve 2018 Jun;57(6):932-936. Epub 2018 Jan 23 doi: 10.1002/mus.26060. PMID: 29315708
Pronator syndrome and anterior interosseous nerve syndrome.
Rodner CM, Tinsley BA, O'Malley MP
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2013 May;21(5):268-75. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-21-05-268. PMID: 23637145

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