Neuralgic amyotrophy—also known as Parsonage–Turner syndrome or brachial plexus neuritis—is a distinct and painful peripheral neuropathy that causes episodes of multifocal paresis and sensory loss in ...

Neuralgic Amyotrophy is a painful disorder of the peripheral nervous system. This heritable disease causes prolonged acute attacks of pain in the shoulder or arm, followed by temporary paralysis.

Dear Dr. Roach: I read with interest the letter from the reader who had shoulder pain and was identified with Parsonage-Turner syndrome. I had never heard of it before. I am a 64-year-old woman with ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: What is known about Parsonage-Turner syndrome? One of my brothers has severe shoulder pain. He had an MRI done and was told that it may be Parsonage-Turner syndrome. Can this be ...

The pain in both shoulders started around midnight and got worse as the night went on. It felt like someone was stabbing me. No matter what position I was in, I couldn’t sleep. In the morning, I went ...

Dear Dr. Roach: What is known about Parsonage-Turner syndrome? One of my brothers has severe shoulder pain. He had an MRI done and was told that it may be Parsonage-Turner syndrome. Can this be ...

For technical reasons, the English full text will be published approximately two weeks after the German print edition has been published. Klinik für Neurologie Köln-Merheim, Kliniken der Stadt Köln ...

Neuralgic amyotrophy is an underrecognized condition that pathognomonically involves acute pain in the arm or shoulder or both, followed by weakness, often in the long thoracic, suprascapular or ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I read with interest the letter from the reader who had shoulder pain and was identified with Parsonage-Turner syndrome. I had never heard of it before. I am a 64-year-old woman with ...

Background: Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) is a multifactorial, monophasic neuritis that mainly affects the nerves of the shoulder girdle. It is characterized by very severe pain and by weakness that ...