期刊名称：Aktuelnosti iz Neurologije, Psihijatrije i Graničnih Područja
印刷版ISSN：0354-2726
出版年度：2010
卷号：XVIII
期号：1
页码：49-56
出版社：Clinical Center of Vojvodina
摘要：Brachial neuralgia is a rare disorder affecting the brachial plexus, characterized by severe, burn-ing pain in the shoulder and upper arm that awakens the patient from sleep, accompanied with pronounced upper arm weakness. Diagnosis is essentially clinical and may be confused with other neck and upper ex-tremity abnormalities such as cervical spondylosis and cervical radiculopathy. Correct diagnosis and timely treatment with corticosteroids are crucial for a favorable course of disease. In this paper we reviewed clini-cal presentation, etiology, diagnosis and treatment of brachial neuralgia
