title: Cervicobrachial neuralgia: diagnostic problems in neurology.
abstract: A population of 205 patients hospitalized for evaluation of cervicobrachial pain was retrospectively studied. Four aetiological groups were individualized: common cervicobrachial neuralgia (CBN) due to nucleus pulposus herniation or spondylarthrosis (119 cases); inflammatory radicular lesion (39 cases); CBN reflecting lesions of the cervicobrachial plexus or the spine (23 cases) and pain of undetermined origin (22 cases). The semiological characteristics of these four groups are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de neurologie, Hôpital neurologique et neurochirurgical Pierre Wertheimer, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aimard
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Charles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies