Osteomyelitis as a Cause of Brachial Plexus Neuropathy
| Autor: | Susan A. Clay |
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| Rok vydání: | 1982 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Electromyography Lower motor neuron Upper trunk Vasa nervorum Paralysis Humans Medicine Brachial Plexus Radionuclide Imaging Denervation medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Osteomyelitis Infant Newborn Infant Humerus medicine.disease Surgery Radiography medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business Brachial plexus |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 136:1054 |
| ISSN: | 1072-4710 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970480020004 |
| Popis: | • Two infants, younger than 2 months of age, had brachial plexus involvement and true paralysis secondary to osteomyelitis of the proximal humerus. To date, no previous cases of this association have been reported. Electromyography (EMG) demonstrated significant denervation in muscles innervated by the upper trunk, with scattered involvement of other muscles. Nerve conduction velocities were normal in both patients. Both patients had significant residual weakness after appropriate antibiotic therapy. One patient, 12 months after therapy for osteomyelitis, continued to demonstrate both clinical and EMG evidence of a lower motor neuron neuropathy. The pathophysiologic cause was thought to be ischemic nerve damage secondary to occlusion of vasa nervorum. (Am J Dis Child1982;136:1054-1056) |
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