title: [Proximal radial nerve palsy resulting from acute Epstein-Barr virus infection].
abstract: Irreparable peripheral nerve palsies rarely present as neurological complications in infectious mononucleosis. A case of isolated proximal radial nerve palsy resulting from an acute infection with Epstein-Barr virus is reported. The hand function was restored by multiple tendon transfer surgery.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Plastische Chirurgie und Schwerbrandverletzte, Handchirurgiezentrum, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität, Bürkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1, Bochum, Germany. andrej.ring@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harati
authors.forename: H-U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Steinau
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Steinstraesser
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001706:Biopsy; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D020425:Radial Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens; C041788:Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M