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Non-traumatic brachial plexopathies, clinical, radiological and neurophysiological findings from a tertiary centre.
[neuralgic amyotrophy]
To
establish
the
clinical
characteristics
,
aetiology
,
neuro-physiological
characteristics
,
imaging
findings
and
other
investigations
in
a
cohort
of
patients
with
non-traumatic
brachial
plexopathy
(
BP
)
.
A
3
-
year
retrospective
study
of
patients
with
non-traumatic
BP
identified
by
electromyography
(
EMG
)
and
nerve
conduction
studies
(
NCS
)
.
Clinical
information
was
retrieved
from
patients
'
medical
charts
.
Twenty
-
five
patients
were
identified
.
Causes
of
BP
included
neuralgic
amyotrophy
(
NA
)
(
48
%
)
,
neoplastic
(
16
%
)
,
radiation
(
8
%
)
,
post
infectious
(
12
%
)
,
obstetric
(
4
%
)
,
rucksack
injury
(
4
%
)
,
thoracic
outlet
syndrome
(
4
%
)
and
iatrogenic
(
4
%
)
.
Patients
with
NA
presented
acutely
in
50
%
.
The
onset
was
subacute
in
all
others
.
Outcome
was
better
for
patients
with
NA
.
All
patients
with
neoplastic
disease
had
a
previous
history
of
cancer
.
MRI
was
abnormal
in
3
/
16
patients
(
18
.
8
%
)
.
PET
scanning
diagnosed
metastatic
plexopathy
in
two
cases
.
NA
was
the
most
common
cause
of
BP
in
our
cohort
and
was
associated
with
a
more
favourable
outcome
.
The
authors
note
potentially
discriminating
clinical
characteristics
in
our
population
that
aid
in
the
assessment
of
patients
with
brachial
plexopathies
.
We
advise
NCS
and
EMG
be
performed
in
all
patients
with
suspected
plexopathy
.
Imaging
studies
are
useful
in
selected
patients
.
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