[Radial nerve palsy as a presenting feature of neuralgic amyotrophy].

[neuralgic amyotrophy]

A 28 -year -old man noticed weakness in his left arm when he woke up . He was diagnosed as left radial nerve palsy and managed conservatively at a local hospital . A few days later , severe pain of the brachium appeared . Although severe pain improved in a year , dysesthesia and muscle atrophy remained . On admission , muscle weakness and atrophy were found in muscles innervated predominantly by the left radial nerve . In addition , needle-electromyography and computed tomography revealed the involvement of muscles innervated by the left suprascapular , long thoracic and axillary nerves , and we diagnosed the patient as neuralgic amyotrophy . Neuralgic amyotrophy should be kept in mind in diagnosing acute onset , painful radial palsy .

Diseases
Validation

Diseases presenting "weakness" symptom

achondroplasia

adrenomyeloneuropathy

alexander disease

aniridia

aromatase deficiency

coats disease

congenital toxoplasmosis

epidermolysis bullosa simplex

esophageal adenocarcinoma

familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

familial mediterranean fever

focal myositis

gm1 gangliosidosis

hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius

inclusion body myositis

locked-in syndrome

lymphangioleiomyomatosis

malignant atrophic papulosis

neuralgic amyotrophy

pendred syndrome

pleomorphic liposarcoma

pyomyositis

pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency

sneddon syndrome

systemic capillary leak syndrome

thoracic outlet syndrome

triple a syndrome

typhoid

von hippel-lindau disease

waldenström macroglobulinemia

werner syndrome

x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

This symptom has already been validated