Preferred Name

Brachial Plexus Neuritis [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

Brachial Plexus Neuritis

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000004238

altLabel

Brachial Plexus Neuritis

Parsonage-Aldren-Turner Syndrome

Brachial Neuritis

Parsonage-Turner Syndrome

Neuritis, Brachial Plexus

Shoulder Girdle Neuropathy

Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathy

cui

C0221759

MESH DEFINITION

A syndrome associated with inflammation of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS. Clinical features include severe pain in the shoulder region which may be accompanied by MUSCLE WEAKNESS and loss of sensation in the upper extremity. This condition may be associated with VIRUS DISEASES; IMMUNIZATION; SURGERY; heroin use (see HEROIN DEPENDENCE); and other conditions. The term brachial neuralgia generally refers to pain associated with brachial plexus injury. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1355-6)

MESH DUI

D020968

MeSH name

Brachial Plexus Neuritis

MESH UI

M0328160

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000004238

NUI

N0000004238

prefLabel

Brachial Plexus Neuritis [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

72893007

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000004157

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