Acute brachial neuritis (Parsonage-Turner syndrome): MR imaging appearance--report of three cases.
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings in three patients with acute onset of neuritic shoulder pain and weakness included high signal intensity in supra- and infraspinatus muscles (n = 2), partial involvement of infraspinatus muscle (n = 1) and of deltoid muscle (n = 1), and atrophy of supra- and infraspinatus muscles (n = 2). Clinical diagnosis of acute brachial neuritis (Parsonage-Turner syndrome) correlated with MR imaging results in all cases.
Helms
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Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Speer
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation; D009443:Neuritis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012782:Shoulder / Q000473:pathology