title: Unusual Parsonage-Turner syndrome with relapses and bilateral simultaneous anterior interosseous neuropathy.
abstract: We report an unusual case of Parsonage-Turner syndrome with relapses and simultaneous bilateral anterior interosseous neuropathy (AIN). A 66-year-old man, after a typical right brachial amyotrophic neuralgia few months previously, underwent surgery for left carpal tunnel syndrome. The day following surgery, wrist aching and bilateral weakness, even if prevalent on the right side, on thumb and index finger flexion appeared. Neurophysiology was consistent with bilateral AIN neuropathy and serology revealed anti-nucleus antibody positivity. Association of relapses with bilateral acute AIN involvement in the subject with autoantibody detection can suggest an immunological pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Unit, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, Borgo Trento, Verona, Italy. neurogio@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Squintani
authors.forename: Corrado
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mezzina
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lettieri
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Critelli
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eleopra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000503:physiopathology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies
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