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- Title
Rhabdomyolysis resulting in concurrent Horner's syndrome and brachial plexopathy: a case report.
- Authors
Lee, Susan; Geannette, Christian; Wolfe, Scott; Feinberg, Joseph; Sneag, Darryl; Lee, Susan C; Wolfe, Scott W; Feinberg, Joseph H; Sneag, Darryl B
- Abstract
This case report describes a 29-year-old male who presented with immediate onset of Horner's syndrome and ipsilateral brachial plexopathy after sleeping with his arm dangling outside a car window for 8 h. Outside workup and imaging revealed rhabdomyolysis of the left neck musculature. Subsequent electrodiagnostic testing and high-resolution brachial plexus magnetic resonance imaging at the authors' institution attributed the Horner's syndrome and concurrent brachial plexopathy to rhabdomyolysis of the longus colli and scalene musculature, which had compressed-and consequently scar tethered-the cervical sympathetic trunk and brachial plexus. This case of co-existent Horner's syndrome and brachial plexopathy demonstrates the role of high-resolution brachial plexus MRI in diagnosing plexopathy and the importance of being familiar with plexus and paravertebral muscle anatomy.
- Subjects
RHABDOMYOLYSIS; HORNER syndrome; BRACHIAL plexus neuropathies; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; SCALENE muscles
- Publication
Skeletal Radiology, 2017, Vol 46, Issue 8, p1131
- ISSN
0364-2348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00256-017-2634-5