Monoplegia

Not to be confused with Spastic monoplegia.

Monoplegia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	G 83.1-G 83.3
ICD-9	344.3-344.5, 438.3-438.4
MeSH	D006429

In medicine, monoplegia is a paralysis of a single limb, usually an arm. It is frequently associated with cerebral palsy. This is the mildest form of cerebral palsy, and individuals with it generally have a good prognosis for later life. It can also be used if just one muscle group or muscle is affected. It is often thought as hemiplegia with much less involvement of the other limb.

A similar condition is monoparesis, in which one limb is very weak, but not completely paralyzed. For more information, see paresis.

A person with monoplegia can be referred to as a monoplegic.

External links

-1187708905 at GPnotebook

Cerebral palsy and other syndromes (G80–G83, 342–344)

Paresis and plegia NOS

Paralysis · Quadriplegia · Triplegia · Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis · Paraplegia/Diplegia · Monoplegia

Flaccidity vs. spasticity

Upper motor neuron lesion: Pseudobulbar palsy · Spastic diplegia · Spastic paraplegia · Hereditary spastic paraplegia

Lower motor neuron lesion: Bulbar palsy · Flaccid paralysis

Specific types

Cerebral palsy · Cauda equina syndrome · Locked-in syndrome

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)