Modeling of Lung Function Recovery in Neuralgic Amyotrophy With Diaphragm Impairment

Long-term recovery of diaphragm strength in neuralgic amyotrophy.

Diaphragm paralysis is a recognized complication of neuralgic amyotrophy that causes severe dyspnoea. Although recovery of strength in the arm muscles, when affected, is common, there are little data on recovery of diaphragm function. This study, therefore, re-assessed diaphragm strength in cases of bilateral diaphragm paralysis due to neuralgic amyotrophy that had previously been diagnosed at ...

Neuralgic amyotrophy.

van Dijk JP, Kusters D, van Alfen N, Zwarts MJ, Stegeman DF, Drost G. Using highdensity surface electromyography (HD-sEMG) in detecting neuromuscular disorders in children . Abstract for the 28th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 10-14 September 2006 Dieks R, van Eijk JJ, van Alfen N, van Engelen BGM. Neuralgic amyotrophy and treatment with prednison...

Pediatric Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophy

Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy is a rare disorder characterized by the sudden onset of recurrent episodes of painful brachial plexus neuropathies, followed by atrophy within a few weeks. The authors present the case of a 5-year-old boy who developed hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy in the right upper limb after a gastroenteritis illness. He made a full and rapid recovery with the use of intrave...

Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy in childhood.

In addition to the review by van Alfen et al., which has been published in 2000, we would like to report a seven-week-old boy with bilateral idiopathic brachial plexus neuropathy that did not show any signs of osteomyelitis on repeated scintigraphy. To our knowledge this is the first child reported with bilateral plexus involvement.

Neuralgic Amyotrophy in Reiter's Disease.