Acute brachial neuritis
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For patient information, click here Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Keywords and synonyms: Brachial plexopathy, Brachial plexus dysfunction, Parsonage Turner syndrome
Overview
Acute brachial neuritis (also known as Parsonage-Turner syndrome) is a rare syndrome of unknown etiology affecting mainly the lower motor neurons of the brachial plexus and/or individual nerves or nerve branches.
Acute brachial neuritis usually is characterized by the acute onset of excruciating unilateral shoulder pain, followed by flaccid paralysis of shoulder and parascapular muscles after several days.
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