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Parsonage-Turner Syndrome



- See:
     - Brachial Plexus
     - Brachial Neuritis :

- Discussion:
    - acute brachial neuropathy (acute brachial radiculitis, Parsonage-Turner syndrome) is of unknown etiology and appears sporadically but may
            follow immunization, or viral illness;
    - predominant clinical finding is pain, usually limited to the shoulder;
    - distribution of weakness is variable;
    - return to athletic activity is determined by clinical return of strength, as EMG may be abnormal up to 7 yrs after dx;





Acute Onset of Nontraumatic Upper-Extremity Atrophy.

Asymmetric flaccid paralysis a neuromuscular presentation of West Nile virus infection.
      J. Li et al. Ann Neurol 53 (2003), pp. 703–710.

West Nile Virus: a case report with flaccid paralysis and cervical spinal cord: MR imaging findings.  G. Kraushaar et al, AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 26 (2005), pp. 26–29.

Acute flaccid paralysis the spectrum of a newly recognized complication of West Nile Virus infection.  Saad et al. J Infect 51 (2005), pp. 120–127.

Parsonage-Turner syndrome (acute brachial neuritis). J Bone Joint Surg Am 1996;78:1405-1408. 

Brachial neuritis. Clin Orthop Relat Res 1999;368:37-43.











Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.

Last updated by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD on Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:09 pm