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HEREDITARY SYNDROME CONSISTING IN RECURRENT ATTACKS RESEMBLING BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS, SPECIAL FACIAL FEATURES, AND CLEFT PALATE
Author(s) -
ERIKSON ANDERS
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1974.tb04882.x
Subject(s) - medicine , brachial plexus , neuritis , denervation , surgery , pediatrics , anatomy
. Erikson, Anders (Department of Paediatrics, Centrallasarettet, Boden, Sweden). Hereditary syndrome consisting in recurrent attacks resembling brachial plexus neuritis, special facial features, and cleft palate. Acta Paediatr Scand, 63: 885, 1974.—A father and his two daughters with recurrent reversible attacks resembling brachial plexus neuritis are presented. In this family cleft palate and a previously described characteristic facial appearance accompanied the disorder. No other abnormalities nor any specific cause of the attacks were found. EMG of shoulder, arm and hand muscles revealed signs of partial denervation. Physiotherapy seemed to accelerate the spontaneous recovery. The condition has a better prognosis than some similar disorders for which it is easily mistaken.