Name
MUSCULAR ATROPHY
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. ATROPHY AS PART OF GENERALISED BODY WASTING 2. DISUSE ATROPHY 3. ATROPHY DUE TO VASCULAR DISEASE IN A LIMB 4. ATROPHY DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE LOWER MOTOR NEURONES - MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE - SPINAL TUMOURS OR INJURY - AC POLIOMYELITIS - SYRINGOMYELIA - HAEMATOMYELIA - INTRAMEDULLARY TUMOURS - AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS - SYPHILITIC AMYOTROPHY ( RARE ) - HERPES ZOSTER ( RARE ) - INFACTION OF THE LOCALISED AREA OF SPINAL CORD DUE TO THROMBOEMBOLISM OF THE BRANCH OF ANT. SPINAL ARTRY - DUE TO DAMAGE TO MOTOR ROOTS LIKE IN CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME & INVOLVEMENT OF FIRST THORACIC ROOT CAUSING WEAKNESS OF INTRINSIC MUSCLE OF HAND - PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY 5. ATROPHY DUE TO CEREBRAL DISORDERS - HEMIPLEGIC PATIENTS - PARIETAL WASTING IN PARIETAL LOBE DISORDERS INVOLVING CONTRALATERAL LIMB 6. ATROPHY DUE TO DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
BLOOD UREA, CPK ( MALE ), VDRL, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, MRI HEAD & SPINE, NERVE CONDUCTION TEST, BIOPSY, BLOOD SUGAR ( RANDOM )