Idiopathic Neuralgic Amyotrophy in Childhood

Abstract

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.

Key words

Neuralgic amyotrophy - bilateral plexus neuropathy - osteomyelitis

References

• 1 van Alfen N, Schuuring J, van Engelen BGM, Rotteveel JJ, Gabreëls FJM. Idiopathic neuralgic amyotrophy in children. A distinct phenotype compared to the adult form.  Neuropediatrics. 2000;  31 328-332
• 2 van Alfen N, van Engelen BGM. The clinical spectrum of neuralgic amyotrophy in 246 cases.  Brain. 2006;  129 438-450

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