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Nerve Torsion as a Pattern of Parsonage–Turner Syndrome: Literature Review and Two Representative Cases

(1) Background: Parsonage–Turner Syndrome (PTS) is a rare peripheral nerve disease characterized by different degrees of nerve impairment. The recent development of nerve ultrasound has enabled the use of new data in the diagnosis of the disease. The aim of this study is to conduct a literature revi...

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Autores principales: Glorioso, Davide, Palestini, Rita, Cuccagna, Cristina, Lauretti, Liverana, Padua, Luca
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10342240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37445577
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134542
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author Glorioso, Davide
Palestini, Rita
Cuccagna, Cristina
Lauretti, Liverana
Padua, Luca
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Cuccagna, Cristina
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description (1) Background: Parsonage–Turner Syndrome (PTS) is a rare peripheral nerve disease characterized by different degrees of nerve impairment. The recent development of nerve ultrasound has enabled the use of new data in the diagnosis of the disease. The aim of this study is to conduct a literature review about the ultrasound evaluation of PTS and present two clinical cases that are characteristic of the disease. (2) Methods: A review of the literature from the last 10 years on the topic containing data regarding nerve ultrasound was performed. In addition, two cases of patients on whom nerve ultrasound was performed at the first evaluation and at follow-up after the indicated treatment were described. (3) Results: The results of our review show that although it is defined as plexopathy, PTS is most often a form of multifocal neuropathy. We also report the most frequently used ultrasound classification and possible prognostic correlations and report our experience with the description of two paradigmatic clinical cases. (4) Conclusions: Further studies are needed to understand the true prognostic power of each degree of nerve impairment and the possible implications in clinical practice regarding treatment indications.
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spelling pubmed-103422402023-07-14 Nerve Torsion as a Pattern of Parsonage–Turner Syndrome: Literature Review and Two Representative Cases Glorioso, Davide Palestini, Rita Cuccagna, Cristina Lauretti, Liverana Padua, Luca J Clin Med Article (1) Background: Parsonage–Turner Syndrome (PTS) is a rare peripheral nerve disease characterized by different degrees of nerve impairment. The recent development of nerve ultrasound has enabled the use of new data in the diagnosis of the disease. The aim of this study is to conduct a literature review about the ultrasound evaluation of PTS and present two clinical cases that are characteristic of the disease. (2) Methods: A review of the literature from the last 10 years on the topic containing data regarding nerve ultrasound was performed. In addition, two cases of patients on whom nerve ultrasound was performed at the first evaluation and at follow-up after the indicated treatment were described. (3) Results: The results of our review show that although it is defined as plexopathy, PTS is most often a form of multifocal neuropathy. We also report the most frequently used ultrasound classification and possible prognostic correlations and report our experience with the description of two paradigmatic clinical cases. (4) Conclusions: Further studies are needed to understand the true prognostic power of each degree of nerve impairment and the possible implications in clinical practice regarding treatment indications. MDPI 2023-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10342240/ /pubmed/37445577 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134542 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nerve Torsion as a Pattern of Parsonage–Turner Syndrome: Literature Review and Two Representative Cases
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title_short Nerve Torsion as a Pattern of Parsonage–Turner Syndrome: Literature Review and Two Representative Cases
title_sort nerve torsion as a pattern of parsonage–turner syndrome: literature review and two representative cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10342240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37445577
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12134542
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