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Idiopathic brachial plexus neuritis after laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis: a complication that may mimic position-related brachial plexus injury. 2013

Vasileios Minas, and Thomas Aust

Endometriosis Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Wirral University Teaching Hospital, Upton, United Kingdom (both authors). Electronic address: billminas@gmail.com.

We report the case of a 37-year-old woman who developed idiopathic brachial plexus neuritis, also referred to as Parsonage-Turner syndrome, after laparoscopic excision of endometriosis. The differential diagnosis between this non-position-related neuritis and brachial plexus injury is discussed. The aim of this report was to raise awareness on this distressing postoperative complication.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007431	Intraoperative Complications	Complications that affect patients during surgery. They may or may not be associated with the disease for which the surgery is done, or within the same surgical procedure.	Peroperative Complications,Surgical Injuries,Complication, Intraoperative,Complication, Peroperative,Injuries, Surgical,Complications, Intraoperative,Complications, Peroperative,Injury, Surgical,Intraoperative Complication,Peroperative Complication,Surgical Injury
D010049	Ovarian Diseases	Pathological processes of the OVARY.	Disease, Ovarian,Diseases, Ovarian,Ovarian Disease
D010535	Laparoscopy	A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy.	Celioscopy,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures,Peritoneoscopy,Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgery,Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical,Surgery, Laparoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic,Celioscopies,Laparoscopic Assisted Surgeries,Laparoscopic Surgeries,Laparoscopies,Peritoneoscopies,Surgeries, Laparoscopic,Surgeries, Laparoscopic Assisted,Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted
D001917	Brachial Plexus	The large network of nerve fibers which distributes the innervation of the upper extremity. The brachial plexus extends from the neck into the axilla. In humans, the nerves of the plexus usually originate from the lower cervical and the first thoracic spinal cord segments (C5-C8 and T1), but variations are not uncommon.	Plexus, Brachial
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D004715	Endometriosis	A condition in which functional endometrial tissue is present outside the UTERUS. It is often confined to the PELVIS involving the OVARY, the ligaments, cul-de-sac, and the uterovesical peritoneum.	Endometrioma,Endometriomas,Endometrioses
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D020968	Brachial Plexus Neuritis	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)	Amyotrophy, Neuralgic,Cervico-Brachial Neuralgia,Neuralgia, Amyotrophic,Neuralgic Amyotrophy,Neuritis, Brachial Plexus,Parsonage-Turner Syndrome,Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathy,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,Parsonage Turner Syndrome,Shoulder Girdle Neuropathies,Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathies,Syndrome, Parsonage-Aldren-Turner,Syndrome, Parsonage-Turner