Rare Diseases Symptoms Automatic Extraction

Acute shoulder-girdle neuralgic amyotrophy (Parsonage-Turner syndrome with saphenous nerve involvement.

[neuralgic amyotrophy]

Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) is a relatively rare cause of upper extremity weakness and pain. There is currently no effective treatment for PTS although corticosteroids are recommended. Here we report the case of a man with acute PTS and exceptional involvement of both saphenous nerves, advantageously treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.

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