Simultaneous traumatic brachial plexopathy and cervical root avulsion
| dc.contributor.author | Kuruvilla, A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nayak, SD | |
| dc.contributor.author | Joseph, S | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-10T03:28:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-10T03:28:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We report a 38-year-old man who sustained combined brachial plexus injury and cervical root avulsion after a fall. Such combined injuries are not very common and the diagnosis of a combined lesion needs a high index of suspicion. The electrophysiological evaluation of a brachial monoplegia showing absent sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs) and denervation in the appendicular muscles confirm a lesion distal to dorsal root ganglion. If the study is terminated at this point, a co-existing preganlionic lesion can be easily missed due to the exclusion of cervical paraspinal muscles during electromyography (EMG). This report emphasizes that in every instance of a traumatic brachial plexopathy, an additional preganglionic lesion like a root avulsion must be suspected and may be carefully evaluated by means of electrophysiologic techniques and myelographic computerized axial tomography (MCT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A brief review of neuroimaging techniques and their correlation with electrodiagnostic findings in cervical root avulsion is also presented. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 41 ,3;199-208 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/handle/123456789/10430 | |
| dc.publisher | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ELECTRONEURODIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY | |
| dc.subject | Medical Laboratory Technology; Neurosciences & Neurology | |
| dc.title | Simultaneous traumatic brachial plexopathy and cervical root avulsion |