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Mononeuritis Multiplex Associated With Infectious Mononucleosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

J. A. Liveson  and
J. Goodgold
J. A. Liveson*
Affiliation:
Electrodiagnostic Department, Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center
J. Goodgold
Affiliation:
Electrodiagnostic Department, Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center
*
Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, N.Y. 10461, U.S.A.
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A patient with infectious mononucleosis was found to have a mononeuritis multiplex involving the long thoracic and contralateral supra-scapular nerves. A review of all cases of asymmetrical brachial neuropathy associated with infectious mononucleosis revealed involvement only of the upper brachial plexus. The associated severe tonsillitis or pharyngitis (ipsilateral to the neuropathy in 2 cases) suggests a relationship to the neuropathy via the lymph drainage which is to the region of the upper brachial plexus.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , August 1974 , pp. 203 - 205
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1974

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