Acute brachial neuritis (Parsonage-Turner syndrome): MR imaging appearance--report of three cases.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: C A Helms, S Martinez, K P Speer
• Journal: Radiology (Radiology) Vol. 207 Issue 1 Pg. 255-9 (Apr 1998) ISSN: 0033-8419 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9530324 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Adult
• Arm (innervation)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Male
• Muscle, Skeletal (innervation)
• Neuritis (complications, diagnosis)
• Pain (etiology)
• Shoulder (pathology)