[Struma as a cause of a brachialgia].
A 76-year-old woman with a great multi-nodular goitre and no neurological deficits suffered from increasing pain of the lateral upper arm. A combination of nerve blockades and physical measures was not effective in terms of continuous pain control. Subtotal thyroidectomy resulted in a long-term complete pain relief. The underlying mechanism is explained as a compression of the superior trunk of brachial plexus by a goitre. In future a goitre should be taken into consideration in the aetiology of a brachialgia.
Konder
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Abteilung für Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie, St. Josefs-/St. Marien-Hospitals Hagen.
Moysich
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D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*
Struma als Ursache einer Brachialgie.