• Internal medicine · Jan 2023

    Case Reports

    Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophy with a Lesion Distal to the Brachial Plexus on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

    • Shuntaro Ueno, Takahisa Tateishi, Maki Ueda, Akiko Yorita, Naonori Sakurada, Taiga Moritaka, and Takayuki Taniwaki.
    • Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2023 Jan 1; 62 (16): 240724112407-2411.

    AbstractA 35-year-old woman first experienced left upper limb weakness at 17 years old, after which it repeatedly recurred and then remitted. She was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome with median nerve hyperintensity by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Surgical treatment was ineffective. We suspected hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy because of enlargement distal to the brachial plexus on MRI and administered steroid therapy, after which the weakness improved. Genetic testing revealed a point mutation in SEPT9. Because lesions outside the brachial plexus can be seen in hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy, the diagnosis should be based on typical characteristics and the family history.

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