Non-small cell lung cancer presenting as a bilateral metastatic brachial plexopathy

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 26-28

  Karli, Necdet ^a   Oguz, Kader Karli ^b   Zarifoglo, Mahmet ^a   Bilici, Nebahat ^a   Cakir, Ozgur ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Lung cancer; Metastasis; Plexopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; METASTASIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 2942616694     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Wilbourn AJ. Brachial plexus disorders. In: Dyck PJ, Thomas PK, eds. Peripheral Neuropathy, 3rd ed, Philedelphia, W.B. Saunders. 1993; 911-950.
2. Kori SH, Foley KM, Posner JB. Brachial plexus lesions in patients with cancer: 100 cases. Neurology. 1981 (31) 45-50.
3. Thyagarajan D, Cascino T, Harms G. Magnetic resonance imaging in brachial plexopathy of cancer. Neurology. 1995 (45) 421-427.
4. Wittenberg KH, Adkins MC. MR Imaging of nontraumatic plexopathies: frequency and spectrum of findings. Radiographics. 2000 (20) 1023-1032.
5. England JD, Summer AJ. Neuralgic amyotrophy. An increasingly diverse entity. Muscle Nerve. 1987 (10) 60-68.
6. Jaeckle KA. Nerve plexus metastases. Neurol Clin. 1991 (9) 857-866.
7. Tzur A, Shahin R. Bilateral brachial plexopathy after e. coli sepsis. Isr. J. Med. Sci. 1997 (33) 687-689.
8. Churn M, Clough V, Slater A. Early onset of bilateral plexopathy during mantle radiotherapy. Clin. Oncol. 2000 (12) 289-291.
9. Lusk MD, Kline DG, Garcia CA. Tumors of the brachial plexus. Neurosurgery. 1987 (21) 439-453.
10. Vargo MM, Flood KM. Pancoast tumour presenting as cervical radiculopathy. Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 1990 (71) 606-609.