Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2011 , Vol 57 , Num 2

The Case of Neuralgic Amyotrophy with Bilateral Axillary Nerve Involvement

İrfan KOCA 1 ,Erhan İbaş 2 ,Hilal Karagüllü 2 , 3 ,Ali Gür 4
1 Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Gaziantep, Türkiye
2 Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Gaziantep,Türkiye
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4 Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Gaziantep, Türkiye
DOI : 10.4274/tftr.57.22

Neuralgic amyotrophy is one of the rare neuromuscular diseases characterized by sudden onset of severe pain and sensory deficits in the upper extremities and is followed by muscle weakness and atrophy. The diagnosis is based on the patient’s history and physical findings and is corroborated by electroneuromyography. In this article, we discuss a case of neuralgic amyotrophy with bilateral axillary nerve involvement and its clinical and electrophysiological findings. 

Keywords : Neuralgic amyotrophy, Parsonage-Turner syndrome, electroneuromyography