Definition

Noun (Medical/Pathology): A neurological condition characterized by the simultaneous or sequential dysfunction of two or more individual, non-contiguous peripheral nerves. It involves damage to the specific nerve trunks themselves, rather than a diffuse process affecting many nerves uniformly.

Usage

This term is used specifically in medical contexts to describe a pattern of nerve damage. * The patient's presentation with weakness in one hand and foot drop on the opposite side suggested a diagnosis of multiple mononeuropathy. * Multiple mononeuropathy is a key feature of certain systemic conditions like vasculitis.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often contrasted with polyneuropathy, where there is a symmetrical, diffuse, and length-dependent dysfunction of many nerves, typically starting in the feet and hands. Multiple mononeuropathy is asymmetrical and affects specific nerve territories.
• It is sometimes referred to as mononeuritis multiplex, which is a synonym describing the same clinical entity.

Variants and Related Words

• Mononeuropathy (noun): Pathology affecting a single nerve trunk.
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common example of a mononeuropathy.
• Polyneuropathy (noun): A generalized, symmetrical process affecting many peripheral nerves simultaneously, often distally.
  • Diabetic neuropathy is typically a symmetric polyneuropathy.

Synonyms

• Mononeuritis multiplex

Related Phrases / Collocations

• Asymmetric neuropathy: A descriptive phrase highlighting the uneven distribution of nerve damage, which is characteristic of multiple mononeuropathy.
• Vasculitic neuropathy: A common cause of multiple mononeuropathy, where nerve damage results from inflammation of the blood vessels supplying the nerves.
• To present with a multiple mononeuropathy: A common phrasing in medical documentation to describe how the condition manifests in a patient.

Noun

1. pathology of several individual nerve trunks