- plexopathy
- A disorder affecting a network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymph vessels.
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Plexopathy — A plexopathy is a disorder affecting a network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymph vessels. External links * [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db alpha.aspx?CdrID=44504 Plexopathy] entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms … Wikipedia
plexopathy — Disorder involving one of the major peripheral neural plexuses: cervical, brachial, or lumbosacral. [plexus + G. pathos, disease] * * * plex·op·a·thy plek säp ə thē n … Medical dictionary
brachial plexopathy — any neuropathy of the brachial plexus; see also brachial paralysis and thoracic outlet syndrome. Called also brachial plexus neuropathy, brachial syndrome, and cervicobrachial syndrome … Medical dictionary
lumbar plexopathy — neuropathy of the lumbar plexus … Medical dictionary
lumbosacral plexopathy — lumbar and sacral plexopathies considered together … Medical dictionary
radiation plexopathy — injury to a nerve plexus from radiation therapy; the most common site is the brachial plexus after radiation therapy to the axilla in cases of breast cancer … Medical dictionary
sacral plexopathy — neuropathy of the sacral plexus … Medical dictionary
brachial plexopathy — A condition marked by numbness, tingling, pain, weakness, or limited movement in the arm or hand. It is caused by an impairment of the brachial plexus, a network of nerves that affect the arm and hand … English dictionary of cancer terms
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Cancer pain — Pain is a symptom frequently associated with cancer. Cancer can cause pain by irritating or damaging nerves, by stimulating nociceptors (pain sensitive nerve fibers), or by releasing chemicals that make nociceptors respond to normally non painful … Wikipedia
