29 Possible Causes for Lower Motor Neurone Lesion in USA

• Poliomyelitis
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Bulbar Poliomyelitis
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Hypercalcemia
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Spinal Paralytic Poliomyelitis
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Diabetic Amyotrophy
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Meningomyelocele
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Brachial Plexus Neuritis
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Motor Neuron Disease
  Lower Motor Neurone Lesion

  Physical findings help differentiate upper from lower MNDs (see Table: Distinguishing Upper From Lower Motor Neuron Lesions ) and weakness due to lower MNDs from that due … Distinguishing Upper From Lower Motor Neuron Lesions Feature Upper Lesion Lower Lesion Reflexes Hyperactive Diminished or absent Atrophy Absent* Present Fasciculations Absent^[1]

• Primary Lateral Sclerosis

  weakness on an upper motor neuron basis; spasticity, hyperreflexia, and Babinski signs are present, but not fasciculation potentials, nor any electrodiagnostic evidence of a lower … motor neuron lesion. primary lateral sclerosis a slowly progressing degenerative brain disease characterized by weakness, spasticity, hyperreflexia, and a positive Babinski … weakness on an upper motor neuron basis; spasticity, hyperreflexia, and Babinski sign are present, but not fasciculation potentials, nor any electrodiagnostic evidence of a lower^[2]

Similar symptoms

• Absence of Lower Motor Neuron Involvement
• Amplitudes of Lower Limb Motor Nerves Decreased
• Apoptotic Neurons
• Ballooned Neurons
• Cortical Atrophy with Loss of Pyramidal Neurons in the Motor Cortex
• Early Upper Motor Neuron Signs
• Lack of Upper Motor Neuron Signs
• Loss of Motor Neurons in the Anterior Horn of the Spinal Cord
• Loss of Motor Neurons in the Spinal Cord
• Loss of Neurons
• Lower Motor Neuron Degeneration
• Lower Motor Neuron Disease
• Lower Motor Neuron Dysfunction
• Lower Motor Neuron Involvement after Long Disease Duration
• Lower Motor Neuron Signs - Later
• Lower Motor Neuron Symptoms
• Lower Motor Neurone Lesion
• Lower Motor Signs
• Mild Lower Motor Neuron Involvement (EMG)
• Motor Neuron Disease
• Motor Neuropathy Beginning in Lower Limbs
• Mutation in the Survival of Motor Neuron 1 Gene
• Neuronal Loss
• Patients with Longer Disease Duration Show Motor Neuron Involvement
• Upper Motor Neuron Degeneration
• Upper Motor Neuron Signs
• Upper and Lower Motor Neuron Degeneration
• Upper and Lower Motor Neuron Disease
• Upper and Lower Neuron Manifestations
• Vacuolated Neurons

References

1. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Other Motor Neuron Diseases (MNDs) - Neurologic Disorders, http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/neurol…
2. Primary lateral sclerosis | definition of primary lateral sclerosis by Medical dictionary, http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com…