Severe bilateral atrophy of the spinati muscles in a cadaver.
During the routine dissection of a 62-year-old male cadaver, bilateral atrophy of the supra and infraspinatus muscles was observed. The suprascapular nerves, cervical spinal cord and surrounding muscles were found to be normal. We propose that, in the face of normal histology and other normal shoulder girdle muscles and normal nerves, this case represents an instance of Parsonage-Turner syndrome. To our knowledge, this is the first report of bilateral spinati atrophy in a cadaver.
Tubbs
R Shane
RS
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233, USA. rstubbs@uab.edu
Salter
E George
EG
Oakes
W Jerry
WJ
D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000473:pathology*; D012540:Scapula; D012782:Shoulder / Q000473:pathology*