BRACHIAL NEURITIS AND SCIATICA

Sciatica and Brachial Neuritis as Complications of Brucellosis

phase is mistaken for malaria, typhoid, paratyphoid, influenza, dengue, kalaazar, hepatitis rheumatism, rheumatic fever, and tuberculosis/ The chronic phase of brucellosis is usually mistaken for rheumatism, chronic ill health, genera debility, tuberculosis* and psychoneurosis Majority of cases of chronic brucellosis com plain of a weak state of health with feeling o tiredness and pains in the ...

Herpes and Brachial Neuritis

Neuritis ossificans: rare cause of sciatica

A 35-year old male, presented with 3 months history of intermittent sciatica involving the right lower extremity. There was no history of trauma or intra muscular injection. Results of neurological examination included a negative right sided Lasègue’s sign, an absent right Achilles tendon reflex, and decreased pinprick sense in the right S-1 distribution. Non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NS...

Idiopathic brachial neuritis in children.

Curr Pediatr Res 2017 Volume 21 Issue 2 233 cause of pure monoplegia. A variety of disorders affect the brachial plexus and the cervical radicals inside the cervical canal such as trauma, inflammation, vasculitis or malignancies [1-3]. Pain followed by weakness is a feature of either spinal cord compression or plexitis. In cord lesions the symptoms depend on the degree of cord impingement and d...

Brachial plexus neuritis following HPV vaccination.

We present a 19-year-old girl who developed a left brachial plexus neuritis following vaccination with a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Post-vaccination brachial plexus neuritis is a rare event. Nevertheless, this first case warrants careful attention in view of the large vaccination campaigns in young adolescents being launched all over the world.