DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
Alcohol
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Toxins (lead, arsenic)
Medications
Metronidazole
Isoniazid
Vincristine
Cisplatin
Infections (syphilis, Lyme disease, HIV)
Acromegaly
Vasculitis
Ischemic neuropathy
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Hereditaty neuropathy with predisposition to pressure palsies
Nerve root compression
Peripheral nerve entrapment
Paraneoplastic
Paraproteinemic demyelinating neuropathy
Monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS)
Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endrocinopathy, M protein, and skin changes)
Globoid cell leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Fabry disease
Refsum disease
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Adrenomyeloneuropathy
Abetalipoproteinemia
Hypolipoproteinemia