Parsonage-Turner Syndrome rather than Zoster Neuritis?

We report the case of an 86-year-old man with acute left shoulder pain, followed by left limb monoparesis and a herpetic rash on the left upper limb and thoracic region. This situation presented a diagnostic challenge because of the simultaneity of symptoms attributable to Parsonage-Turner syndrome...

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Autores principales: Gariani, Karim, Magistris, Michel R., Nendaz, Mathieu R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: July 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000330571
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description We report the case of an 86-year-old man with acute left shoulder pain, followed by left limb monoparesis and a herpetic rash on the left upper limb and thoracic region. This situation presented a diagnostic challenge because of the simultaneity of symptoms attributable to Parsonage-Turner syndrome and herpes zoster neuropathy. A detailed clinical history, physical examination and electroneuromyography were essential to distinguish the neurological structures involved and to ascertain the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-31508712011-08-09 Parsonage-Turner Syndrome rather than Zoster Neuritis? Gariani, Karim Magistris, Michel R. Nendaz, Mathieu R. Case Rep Neurol Published: July 2011 We report the case of an 86-year-old man with acute left shoulder pain, followed by left limb monoparesis and a herpetic rash on the left upper limb and thoracic region. This situation presented a diagnostic challenge because of the simultaneity of symptoms attributable to Parsonage-Turner syndrome and herpes zoster neuropathy. A detailed clinical history, physical examination and electroneuromyography were essential to distinguish the neurological structures involved and to ascertain the diagnosis. S. Karger AG 2011-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3150871/ /pubmed/21829402 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000330571 Text en Copyright © 2011 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
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Parsonage-Turner Syndrome rather than Zoster Neuritis?
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title_full_unstemmed Parsonage-Turner Syndrome rather than Zoster Neuritis?
title_short Parsonage-Turner Syndrome rather than Zoster Neuritis?
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