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Recurrent brachial plexus palsies as the only clinical expression of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies associated with a de novo deletion of the peripheral myelin protein‐22 gene
Author(s) -
Stögbauer Florian,
Young Peter,
Kerschensteiner Max,
Ringelstein E. Bernd,
Assmann Gerd,
Funke Harald
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199809)21:9<1199::aid-mus12>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - peripheral myelin protein 22 , medicine , brachial plexus , palsy , peripheral neuropathy , brachial plexopathy , myelin , pathology , surgery , endocrinology , central nervous system , diabetes mellitus , alternative medicine
There is phenotypic heterogeneity in patients with hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. In rare cases, recurrent brachial plexopathy is the only expression of the disease. We describe a patient with three episodes of plexus brachialis palsy and a de novo deletion of the peripheral myelin protein‐22 gene. We conclude that DNA analysis is a key issue not only for the differentiation of peripheral neuropathies but also in the diagnosis of recurrent plexopathies. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Muscle Nerve 21:1199–1201, 1998.