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)

Synonyms: Neuralgias, Amyotrophic, Shoulder Girdle Neuropathies, Neuropathy, Shoulder-Girdle, Neuralgias, Brachial, Amyotrophy, Hereditary Neuralgic, with Predilection for Brachial Plexus, Heredofamilial Neuritis with Brachial Plexus Predilection, Parsonage Turner Syndrome, Girdle Neuropathies, Shoulder, Neuralgic Amyotrophies, Hereditary, Amyotrophic Neuralgia, Neuralgic Amyotrophy, Hereditary, Cervico-Brachial Neuralgia, Neuropathy, Shoulder Girdle, Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophy, Neuralgia, Brachial, Neuralgic Amyotrophy, Cervicobrachial Neuralgia, Neuralgia, Cervicobrachial, Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathies, Amyotrophy, Hereditary Neuralgic, Neuritides, Brachial, Brachial Neuritis, Parsonage-Turner Syndrome, Cervico Brachial Neuralgia, Neuralgias, Cervicobrachial, Amyotrophies, Hereditary Neuralgic, Neuralgias, Cervico-Brachial, Girdle Neuropathy, Shoulder, Parsonage-Aldren-Turner Syndrome, Hereditary Brachial Plexus Neuropathy, Brachial Plexus Neuropathy, Hereditary, Syndrome, Parsonage-Turner, Syndrome, Parsonage-Aldren-Turner, Brachial Neuralgias, Parsonage Aldren Turner Syndrome, Neuritis, Brachial, Brachial Neuritides, Brachial Plexus Neuritides, Shoulder Girdle Neuropathy, Amyotrophic Neuralgias, Shoulder-Girdle Neuropathy, Hereditary Neuralgic Amyotrophies, Neuralgia, Amyotrophic, Cervicobrachial Neuralgias, Neuropathies, Shoulder-Girdle, Neuralgic Amyotrophies, Neuritis With Brachial Predilection, Amyotrophies, Neuralgic, Neuritides, Brachial Plexus, Brachial Plexus Neuritis, Brachial Neuralgia, Neuritis, Brachial Plexus, Neuropathies, Shoulder Girdle, Familial Brachial Plexus Neuritis, Amyotrophy, Neuralgic, Neuralgia, Cervico-Brachial, Cervico-Brachial Neuralgias