An atypical and severe case of neuralgic amyotrophy

Auteurs

  • Rui Cadilha Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Centro Hospitalar São João, Oporto http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2531-2599
  • Hugo Amorim Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Centro Hospitalar São João, Oporto
  • Madalena Pinto Department of Neurology, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Oporto
  • Fernando Silveira Department of Neurophysiology, Centro Hospitalar de São João,Oporto
  • Fernando Parada Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Centro Hospitalar São João, Oporto

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.25759/spmfr.244

Mots-clés :

Neuralgic Amyotrophy, Parsonage-Turner Syndrome, Shoulder Pain, Brachial Plexus

Résumé

Neuralgic Amyotrophy (NA) is an uncommon disorder, of unknown etiology,  typically characterized by abrupt onset of shoulder and upper extremity pain followed by progressive neurologic deficits. An immune/autoimmune process seems to have more support in development of NA. NA is a clinical diagnosis, however, further diagnostic studies can confirm clinical suspicion and help exclude other causes. The treatment consists predominantly in pain control and rehabilitation.

            Patients with NA, can be evaluated by a wide range of clinical specialists in the early stage of disease before a correct diagnosis be made. This is a result of different phenotypes that this disorder exhibits, that complicate the diagnosis.  It is important for clinicians to beware of the classic  clinical manifestations that usually  follow a characteristic clinical course of abrupt onset of shoulder girdle pain followed by progressive neurologic deficits as muscle weakness, amyotrophy and sensory  abnormalities.

            We report the case of a 32-year-old man who had a severe bilateral  and atypical shoulder involvement, that made the most probably diagnostic not so evident.

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Publiée

2017-06-29

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Cadilha R, Amorim H, Pinto M, Silveira F, Parada F. An atypical and severe case of neuralgic amyotrophy. SPMFR [Internet]. 29 juin 2017 [cité 21 nov. 2024];29(2). Disponible sur: https://spmfrjournal.org/index.php/spmfr/article/view/244

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