KEY FACTS Terminology Parsonage-Turner syndrome You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in here
KEY FACTS Terminology Synonyms: Brachial plexus stretch injury, brachial plexus avulsion, avulsion pseudomeningocele Stretch injury or avulsion of ≥ 1 cervical roots, brachial plexus You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles…
KEY FACTS Terminology Secondary muscle injury resulting from denervation following nerve injury You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log in here
KEY FACTS Terminology Neural, venous, &/or arterial compressive syndrome at thoracic outlet Diagnosis made by 1 of 3 methods (by event, affected structure, or compression cause) You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy…
KEY FACTS Terminology Synonym: Pancoast tumor Benign or malignant neoplasm extending to superior thoracic inlet with (1) severe shoulder/arm pain along C8, T1, T2 nerve trunks, (2) Horner syndrome, and (3) weakness + atrophy of intrinsic hand muscles (Pancoast syndrome)…
Terminology Nerve rootlets : Individual neural filaments of dorsal and ventral roots directly exiting from spinal cord Nerve roots : Composed of multiple individual dorsal or ventral nerve rootlets Dorsal sensory roots exit from dorsolateral cord and have cell bodies…
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Acquired Tonsillar Herniation Chiari 1 Malformation Chiari 2 Malformation Meningioma, Clivus Rheumatoid Arthritis, Adult Schwannoma, Jugular Foramen Less Common Chordoma, Clivus Ependymoma Chondrosarcoma, Skull Base Retroodontoid Pseudopannus Hemangioblastoma Calcium Pyrophosphate Dihydrate Deposition Disease (CPPD) Metastasis, Skull Base…
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Metastasis, Skull Base Fibrous Dysplasia, Skull Base Paget Disease, Skull Base Chordoma, Clivus Multiple Myeloma, Skull Base Plasmacytoma, Skull Base Chondrosarcoma, Skull Base Pneumatization Arrest, Sphenoid Less Common Langerhans Histiocytosis, Skull Base Arachnoid Granulations, Dural Sinuses Osteomyelitis,…
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Chiari 1 Malformation Chiari 2 Malformation Klippel-Feil Spectrum Paget Disease Osteomalacia Osteogenesis Imperfecta You’re Reading a Preview Become a Clinical Tree membership for Full access and enjoy Unlimited articles Become membership If you are a member. Log…
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