Myeloneuropathy

Quick meaning: Myeloneuropathy is a noun meaning (neurology) A disease with the features of myelopathy (spinal cord disease) and neuropathy (peripheral nerve disease), which is sometimes caused by a deficiency of copper or vitamin B₁₂.

Meaning

(neurology) A disease with the features of myelopathy (spinal cord disease) and neuropathy (peripheral nerve disease), which is sometimes caused by a deficiency of copper or vitamin B₁₂.

Example Sentences

Diagnosis […] Myeloneuropathy, chronic, traumatic, probably due to injury of L-4, clinically complete motor wise below L-3 and sensory wise below L-3.

Copper deficiency has been associated with a clinical syndrome, myeloneuropathy. Radiographic changes resembling B₁₂ deficiency in the cervical spinal cord have been described. We present a case of copper deficiency myeloneuropathy, with cervical MR imaging findings resembling B₁₂ deficiency, which partially reversed following copper supplementation.

A myeloneuropathy is caused by inactivation of vitamin B₁₂ by nitrous oxide. Patients with borderline vitamin B₁₂ deficiency who undergo anesthesia using nitrous oxide can also have a myeloneuropathy develop but more often megaloblastic anemia develops, whereas the chronic exposure of recreational users is more likely to cause myeloneuropathy without anemia.

Word Forms

• myeloneuropathies

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include polyneuropathy, neuromyopathy, neuropathy, encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy, neuroaxonopathy, neuromyelitis.

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