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Osteomyelitis as a Cause of Brachial Plexus Neuropathy
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1982Two infants, younger than 2 months of age, had brachial plexus involvement and true paralysis secondary to osteomyelitis of the proximal humerus. To date, no previous cases of this association have been reported. Electromyography (EMG) demonstrated significant denervation in muscles innervated by the upper trunk, with scattered involvement of other ...
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Natural History of Brachial Plexus Neuropathy
Archives of Neurology, 1972A clinical analysis of 99 patients with brachial plexus neuropathy (BPN) and the outcome of 84 of these patients are presented. The disease may involve the upper, the lower, or the entire plexus; the involvement may be complete or incomplete, and it may often be bilateral. Although the etiologic factor or factors remain unknown, our studies support the
P, Tsairis, P J, Dyck, D W, Mulder
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JAMA, 1975
Two patients had acute, self-limiting, unilateral brachial plexus neuropathy in association with desensitizing subcutaneous injections of extracts of dusts and molds. Diminution of pain and return of function of the affected limb followed a short course of prednisone therapy, although a beneficial effect of the steroid cannot be considered proved ...
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Two patients had acute, self-limiting, unilateral brachial plexus neuropathy in association with desensitizing subcutaneous injections of extracts of dusts and molds. Diminution of pain and return of function of the affected limb followed a short course of prednisone therapy, although a beneficial effect of the steroid cannot be considered proved ...
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Immune brachial plexus neuropathy
Neurology, 1996We report brachial plexus biopsy findings from two Australian and two American patients with brachial plexus neuropathy. There were florid multifocal mononuclear inflammatory cell infiltrates. Present evidence suggests that these brachial neuropathies have an immune basis.
G A, Suarez +9 more
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Herpetic Tracheitis and Brachial Plexus Neuropathy in a Child With Burns
Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, 1999Herpetic tracheobronchitis is a well-recognized clinical entity that most commonly occurs in immunocompromised patients, including patients with burns. Although the diagnosis of herpetic tracheobronchitis is usually not made until postmortem examination, the presence of the condition can be established when histologic specimens of a patient with upper ...
D W, McCarthy +4 more
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Bilateral Brachial Plexus Compressive Neuropathy (Crutch Palsy)
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, 1997Brachial plexus compressive neuropathy following the use of axillary crutches (crutch palsy) is a rare but well-recognized entity. Most reported cases involve the posterior cord of the brachial plexus in children and have resolved spontaneously within 8-12 weeks.
S, Raikin, M I, Froimson
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Recurrent brachial plexus neuropathy and giant cell arteritis
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1990A 73-year-old women presented with a recurrent form of sporadic brachial plexus neuropathy, the so-called Parsonage and Turner syndrome. This diagnosis is based on clinical and electromyographic findings. Interestingly a biopsy of the temporal artery demonstrated a giant cell arteritis.
Dierckx, Rudi R.A. +6 more
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Hypertrophic inflammatory neuropathy involving bilateral brachial plexus
Surgical Neurology, 1999The present case is an example of hypertrophic inflammatory neuropathy (HIN). This entity is a rare tumor-like, chronic inflammatory, focal or multifocal, mainly demyelinating neuropathy of unknown origin, most frequently involving the brachial plexus.The authors describe a 67-year-old man presenting with a nodular mass in his right supraclavicular ...
M, Stumpo +4 more
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Hereditary recurrent brachial plexus neuropathy with dysmorphic features
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2009A Finnish pedigree comprising 13 members in 3 generations with recurrent brachial plexus neuropathy is described. The disease was characterized by repeated attacks of pain in the upper limb/shoulder region, followed by muscle weakness and atrophy. The first episode usually occurred in childhood after a mild infection.
E M, Airaksinen +4 more
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The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 1991
Brachial plexus neuropathy is a common syndrome that, although a distinct clinical entity, is often unrecognized. The illness is characterized by the acute onset of shoulder girdle pain without constitutional symptoms. The pain persists for 1 to 2 weeks, then subsides, with the development of weakness and atrophy in the affected muscles.
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Brachial plexus neuropathy is a common syndrome that, although a distinct clinical entity, is often unrecognized. The illness is characterized by the acute onset of shoulder girdle pain without constitutional symptoms. The pain persists for 1 to 2 weeks, then subsides, with the development of weakness and atrophy in the affected muscles.
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