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Reflex sympathetic dystrophy precipitated by brachial plexitis. 1998

M de Carvalho

Department of Neurology, EMG Laboratory, Hospital of Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal. mamedemg@mail.telepac.pt

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is believed to involve overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system and it is associated with a large number of causes, mainly with local trauma, nevertheless brachial plexitis (neuralgic amyotrophy) was reported in only four patients by previous authors. We describe a new case in this report. The reinnervation sprouting of somatic nerve fibres can have abnormal sodium channels which can acquire ectopic pacemaker activity which can be stimulated by sympathetic efferent impulses, in this way the reinnervation period after a severe plexitis can be associated with an increased risk of this complication. The neurologist must be aware of this association to guide the affected patient to a correct treatment.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D012019	Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy	A syndrome characterized by severe burning pain in an extremity accompanied by sudomotor, vasomotor, and trophic changes in bone without an associated specific nerve injury. This condition is most often precipitated by trauma to soft tissue or nerve complexes. The skin over the affected region is usually erythematous and demonstrates hypersensitivity to tactile stimuli and erythema. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1360; Pain 1995 Oct;63(1):127-33)	Algodystrophy,Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type I,Pain Syndrome Type I, Regional, Complex,Shoulder-Hand Syndrome,Sudek Atrophy,Algodystrophic Syndrome,CRPS Type I,Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophy,Pain Syndrome Type I, Complex Regional,RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy),Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome,Sudek's Atrophy,Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophia,Syndrome, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy,Type I Complex Regional Pain Syndrome,Algodystrophies,Atrophies, Sudek's,Atrophy, Sudek,Atrophy, Sudek's,CRPS Type Is,Cervical Sympathetic Dystrophies,Dystrophies, Cervical Sympathetic,Dystrophies, Reflex Sympathetic,Dystrophy, Cervical Sympathetic,Dystrophy, Reflex Sympathetic,RSDs (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy),Reflex Dystrophia, Sympathetic,Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophies,Shoulder Hand Syndrome,Shoulder-Hand Syndromes,Sudek's Atrophies,Sudeks Atrophy,Sympathetic Dystrophies, Cervical,Sympathetic Dystrophies, Reflex,Sympathetic Dystrophy, Cervical,Sympathetic Dystrophy, Reflex,Sympathetic Reflex Dystrophias,Syndrome, Algodystrophic,Syndrome, Shoulder-Hand,Syndromes, Shoulder-Hand,Type I, CRPS
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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

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