Acute brachial plexus neuritis is an uncommon disorder characterized by severe shoulder and upper arm pain followed by marked upper arm weakness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Brachial plexus neuritis (BN) is an uncommon disorder characterized by severe shoulder and upper arm pain followed by marked upper arm weakness. [diseasesatoz.com]

The typical history is sudden pain followed by marked muscle-weakness and wasting of the shoulder girdle and upper arm. Pain starts suddenly across the top of the shoulder-blade and lasts from a few hours to a fortnight. [shoulderdoc.co.uk]

Brachial plexus neuritis is an uncommon pathology characterized by severe shoulder and upper arm pain, followed by upper arm weakness. Brachial plexus neuritis most often affects the dominant shoulder of males. [healio.com]

Patients also develop a fatigue of the shoulder, particularly with overhead activities. In the acute phase the condition may resemble an acute frozen shoulder, calcific tendonitis or arthritis. [shoulderdoc.co.uk]

Long-term pain, fatigue, and impairment in neuralgic amyotrophy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009; 90(3):435-9. Milner CS, Kannan K, Iyer VG, Thirkannad SM. [spine-health.com]

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Long-term pain, fatigue, and impairment in neuralgic amyotrophy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 Mar. 90(3):435-9. [Medline]. Cup EH, Ijspeert J, Janssen RJ, Bussemaker-Beumer C, Jacobs J, Pieterse AJ, et al. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Long-term pain, fatigue, and impairment in neuralgic amyotrophy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009;90:435-439. Schreiber AL, Abramov R, Fried GW, Herbison GJ. Expanding the differential of shoulder pain: Parsonage-Turner syndrome. [rarediseases.org]

1 Visceral disseminated varicella zoster virus infection with brachial plexus neuritis detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography. ( 30879980 ) 2019 2 Chronic Brachial Plexus Neuritis that Developed into Typical [malacards.org]

We describe a patient with a long history of rhinitis and a recent onset of asthma, who developed purpuric skin lesions, abdominal pain, eosinophilia and brachial neuritis along with evidence of sacral plexus neuropathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Brachial plexus neuritis is thought to be an immune mediated inflammatory reaction resulting in acute onset of shoulder pain followed by muscle weakness and wasting. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Brachial Neuritis is characterized by the acute onset of excruciating unilateral shoulder pain, followed by flaccid paralysis of shoulder and parascapular muscles. [diseasesatoz.com]

DESIGN/METHODS: Case report RESULTS: A 23-year-old right-handed immunocompetent man presented with a 4-month history of right shoulder pain, followed by progressive right arm weakness, wasting and paresthesias. [neurology.org]

It is researched that some individuals are more susceptible than others due to some genetic predisposition The signs and symptoms of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome include a gradual onset of shoulder pain that may be acute and severe. [dovemed.com]

pain. ( 11087188 ) Miller J.D....McDonald T.J. 2000 14 Herpes zoster brachial plexus neuritis. ( 9101105 ) Fabian V.A....Kakulas B.A. 1997 15 Bilateral brachial plexus neuritis following parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus infection. ( 9007101 ) Maas [malacards.org]

Brachial plexus neuritis is thought to be an immune mediated inflammatory reaction resulting in acute onset of shoulder pain followed by muscle weakness and wasting. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Numbness may occur, depending on the particular nerves affected, and usually is found in the nerve distribution corresponding to the maximal muscle weakness; however, numbness is rarely a prominent complaint. [diseasesatoz.com]

Clinical features include severe pain in the shoulder region which may be accompanied by MUSCLE WEAKNESS and loss of sensation in the upper extremity. [connects.catalyst.harvard.edu]

weakness or a slight permanent weakness. [aafp.org]

After a few weeks the constant pain goes away and is replaced by muscle weakness or atrophy in the upper arm. Brachial Neuritis also goes by the names neuralgia amyotrophy and Parsonage Turner Syndrome. [goldlawfirm.net]

DESIGN/METHODS: Case report RESULTS: A 23-year-old right-handed immunocompetent man presented with a 4-month history of right shoulder pain, followed by progressive right arm weakness, wasting and paresthesias. [neurology.org]

The patient is a 43-year-old farmer, shown 6 months after presenting with severe right shoulder pain and weakness. Note severe wasting of the right infraspinatus and deltoid and winging of the scapula. Same patient as above. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Method for detecting weakness in the trapezius muscle. Patient is instructed to abduct the humerus in the frontal plane. [jaoa.org]

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Immunotherapy. ( 29269655 ) Morishima R....Isozaki E. 2017 3 Brachial Plexus Neuritis Associated With Anti-Programmed Cell Death-1 Antibodies: Report of 2 Cases. ( 30225416 ) Alhammad RM...Klein CJ 2017 4 Brachial Plexus Neuritis Associated With Streptococcus agalactiae [malacards.org]

There is hyporeflexia, neurogenic atrophy and loss of sensation. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Suspect acute brachial neuritis if patients have severe supraclavicular pain, followed by weakness and hyporeflexia that develop within days and resolve over months. In most cases, do electromyography and MRI or CT. Treat the cause. [merckmanuals.com]

Clinical examination and follow-up For each patient, motor and reflex neuropathy impairment scores, a linear scale of weakness and hyporeflexia ( Dyck et al., 1980 ) were extracted for the upper and lower limbs at each encounter. [academic.oup.com]

paralysis of the upper extremity. [meeting.handsurgery.org]

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Its classical presentation involves painful progressive asymmetrical upper limb weakness with sensory abnormalities. [jnnp.bmj.com]

paralysis of the upper extremity. [meeting.handsurgery.org]

Histology of the brachial plexus showed extensive lymphocytic infiltration, myelin breakdown, and preservation of axons without vasculitis. The cervical spinal cord showed perivascular lymphocytic cuffing and no anterior horn necrosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]