An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement

Parsonage-Turner syndrome or neuralgic amyotrophy is a rare syndrome that presents with sudden and severe pain in the shoulder girdle and may cause loss of muscle strength, atrophy, and sensory deficits. We discuss the clinical and electroneuromyographic findings in a young woman who presented with...

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Autores principales: Temel, Mustafa H, İnal, Elem, Mesci, Nilgün, Geler Külcü, Duygu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9477157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36120200
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28065
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author Temel, Mustafa H
İnal, Elem
Mesci, Nilgün
Geler Külcü, Duygu
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description Parsonage-Turner syndrome or neuralgic amyotrophy is a rare syndrome that presents with sudden and severe pain in the shoulder girdle and may cause loss of muscle strength, atrophy, and sensory deficits. We discuss the clinical and electroneuromyographic findings in a young woman who presented with left-sided arm pain and was diagnosed with Parsonage-Turner syndrome with C8 root involvement, which is a rare presentation of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-94771572022-09-16 An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement Temel, Mustafa H İnal, Elem Mesci, Nilgün Geler Külcü, Duygu Cureus Neurology Parsonage-Turner syndrome or neuralgic amyotrophy is a rare syndrome that presents with sudden and severe pain in the shoulder girdle and may cause loss of muscle strength, atrophy, and sensory deficits. We discuss the clinical and electroneuromyographic findings in a young woman who presented with left-sided arm pain and was diagnosed with Parsonage-Turner syndrome with C8 root involvement, which is a rare presentation of the disease. Cureus 2022-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9477157/ /pubmed/36120200 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28065 Text en Copyright © 2022, Temel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Temel, Mustafa H
İnal, Elem
Mesci, Nilgün
Geler Külcü, Duygu
An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement
title An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement
title_full An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement
title_fullStr An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement
title_full_unstemmed An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement
title_short An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Syndrome: Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Presenting With C8 Root Involvement
title_sort uncommon presentation of a rare syndrome: parsonage-turner syndrome presenting with c8 root involvement
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9477157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36120200
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28065
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