A syndrome associated with inflammation of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS. Clinical features include severe pain in the shoulder region which may be accompanied by MUSCLE WEAKNESS and loss of sensation in the upper extremity. This condition may be associated with VIRUS DISEASES; IMMUNIZATION; SURGERY; heroin use (see HEROIN DEPENDENCE); and other conditions. The term brachial neuralgia generally refers to pain associated with brachial plexus injury. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1355-6)
Also Known As:
Parsonage Turner Syndrome; Amyotrophic Neuralgia; Amyotrophy, Hereditary Neuralgic; Amyotrophy, Hereditary Neuralgic, with Predilection for Brachial Plexus; Brachial Neuralgia; Brachial Neuritis; Brachial Plexus Neuropathy, Hereditary; Cervicobrachial Neuralgia; Familial Brachial Plexus Neuritis; Hereditary Brachial Plexus Neuropathy; Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophy; Heredofamilial Neuritis with Brachial Plexus Predilection; Neuritis With Brachial Predilection; Parsonage-Aldren-Turner Syndrome; Shoulder Girdle Neuropathy; Amyotrophic Neuralgias; Amyotrophies, Hereditary Neuralgic; Amyotrophies, Neuralgic; Brachial Neuralgias; Brachial Neuritides; Brachial Plexus Neuritides; Cervico Brachial Neuralgia; Cervico-Brachial Neuralgias; Cervicobrachial Neuralgias; Girdle Neuropathies, Shoulder; Girdle Neuropathy, Shoulder; Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophies; Neuralgia, Brachial; Neuralgia, Cervico-Brachial; Neuralgia, Cervicobrachial; Neuralgias, Amyotrophic; Neuralgias, Brachial; Neuralgias, Cervico-Brachial; Neuralgias, Cervicobrachial; Neuralgic Amyotrophies; Neuralgic Amyotrophies, Hereditary; Neuralgic Amyotrophy, Hereditary; Neuritides, Brachial; Neuritides, Brachial Plexus; Neuritis, Brachial; Neuropathies, Shoulder Girdle; Neuropathies, Shoulder-Girdle; Neuropathy, Shoulder Girdle; Neuropathy, Shoulder-Girdle; Parsonage Aldren Turner Syndrome; Shoulder Girdle Neuropathies; Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathies; Syndrome, Parsonage-Aldren-Turner; Syndrome, Parsonage-Turner; Amyotrophy, Neuralgic; Cervico-Brachial Neuralgia; Neuralgia, Amyotrophic; Neuralgic Amyotrophy; Neuritis, Brachial Plexus; Parsonage-Turner Syndrome; Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathy