Diseases

Brachial Plexus Neuritis

A syndrome associated with inflammation of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS. Clinical features include severe pain in the shoulder region which may be accompanied by MUSCLE WEAKNESS and loss of sensation in the upper extremity. This condition may be associated with VIRUS DISEASES; IMMUNIZATION; SURGERY; heroin use (see HEROIN DEPENDENCE); and other conditions. The term brachial neuralgia generally refers to pain associated with brachial plexus injury. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1355-6)

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A syndrome associated with inflammation of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS. Clinical features include severe pain in the shoulder region which may be accompanied by MUSCLE WEAKNESS and loss of sensation in the upper extremity. This condition may be associated with VIRUS DISEASES; IMMUNIZATION; SURGERY; heroin use (see HEROIN DEPENDENCE); and other conditions. The term brachial neuralgia generally refers to pain associated with brachial plexus injury. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1355-6)

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56 entry terms
  • Brachial Neuritis
  • Neuritis, Brachial Plexus
  • Parsonage-Aldren-Turner Syndrome
  • Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
  • Shoulder Girdle Neuropathy
  • Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathy
  • Brachial Neuritides
  • Brachial Plexus Neuritides
  • Girdle Neuropathies, Shoulder
  • Girdle Neuropathy, Shoulder
  • Neuritides, Brachial
  • Neuritides, Brachial Plexus
  • Neuritis, Brachial
  • Neuropathies, Shoulder Girdle
  • Neuropathies, Shoulder-Girdle
  • Neuropathy, Shoulder Girdle
  • Neuropathy, Shoulder-Girdle
  • Parsonage Aldren Turner Syndrome
  • Parsonage Turner Syndrome
  • Shoulder Girdle Neuropathies
  • Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathies
  • Syndrome, Parsonage-Aldren-Turner
  • Syndrome, Parsonage-Turner
  • Amyotrophic Neuralgia
  • Amyotrophy, Hereditary Neuralgic
  • Amyotrophy, Hereditary Neuralgic, with Predilection for Brachial Plexus
  • Amyotrophy, Neuralgic
  • Brachial Neuralgia
  • Brachial Plexus Neuropathy, Hereditary
  • Cervico-Brachial Neuralgia
  • Cervicobrachial Neuralgia
  • Familial Brachial Plexus Neuritis
  • Hereditary Brachial Plexus Neuropathy
  • Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophy
  • Heredofamilial Neuritis with Brachial Plexus Predilection
  • Neuralgia, Amyotrophic
  • Neuralgic Amyotrophy
  • Neuritis With Brachial Predilection
  • Amyotrophic Neuralgias
  • Amyotrophies, Hereditary Neuralgic
  • Amyotrophies, Neuralgic
  • Brachial Neuralgias
  • Cervico Brachial Neuralgia
  • Cervico-Brachial Neuralgias
  • Cervicobrachial Neuralgias
  • Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophies
  • Neuralgia, Brachial
  • Neuralgia, Cervico-Brachial
  • Neuralgia, Cervicobrachial
  • Neuralgias, Amyotrophic
  • Neuralgias, Brachial
  • Neuralgias, Cervico-Brachial
  • Neuralgias, Cervicobrachial
  • Neuralgic Amyotrophies
  • Neuralgic Amyotrophies, Hereditary
  • Neuralgic Amyotrophy, Hereditary

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2000; for CERVICO-BRACHIAL NEURALGIA use BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS 1965-1999; for BRACHIAL NEURALGIA; NEURALGIC AMYOTROPHY; PARSONAGE-TURNER SYNDROME; & SHOULDER-GIRDLE NEUROPATHY use BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS 1989-1999; for BRACHIAL NEURALGIA use CERVICO-BRACHIAL NEURALGIA 1988-1999

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  • Brachial Plexus (1965-1999)
  • Neuritis (1965-1999)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Brachial Plexus Neuritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020968. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020968
  2. Brachial Plexus Neuritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18556021