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Neuralgic amyotrophy.

[neuralgic amyotrophy]

Neuralgic amyotrophy is an uncommon condition characterised by the acute onset of severe pain in the shoulder and arm, followed by weakness and atrophy of the affected muscles, and sensory loss as the pain subsides. The diversity of its clinical manifestations means that it may present to a variety of different specialties within medicine. This article describes the epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis, clinical features, differential diagnoses, investigations, treatment, course and prognosis of the condition.

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