brachial plexus paralysis

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• upper brachial plexus paralysis — paralysis of arm muscles due to destruction of the fifth and sixth cervical roots (upper trunk of the brachial plexus); small hand muscles are unaffected. When due to birth trauma it is called Erb Duchenne p …   Medical dictionary

• lower brachial plexus paralysis — atrophic paralysis of the muscles of the forearm and hand due to lesions of the eighth cervical or first dorsal nerve (lower trunk of the brachial plexus). When due to birth trauma it is called Klumpke Dejerine p …   Medical dictionary

• brachial paralysis — brachial plexus paralysis paralysis of an upper limb from a lesion of the brachial plexus; see lower and upper brachial plexus p …   Medical dictionary

• brachial plexopathy — any neuropathy of the brachial plexus; see also brachial paralysis and thoracic outlet syndrome. Called also brachial plexus neuropathy, brachial syndrome, and cervicobrachial syndrome …   Medical dictionary

• Paralysis — Loss of voluntary movement (motor function). Paralysis that affects only one muscle or limb is partial paralysis, also known as palsy; paralysis of all muscles is total paralysis, as may occur in cases of botulism. * * * 1. Loss of power of… …   Medical dictionary

• Erb-Duchenne paralysis — upper brachial plexus paralysis caused by birth injury; called also Erb or Erb Duchenne palsy; Duchenne, Duchenne Erb, or Erb p.; and Duchenne Erb syndrome. Erb Duchenne paralysis caused by traction injury to C5–C7 spinal cord segments, with… …   Medical dictionary

• Klumpke paralysis — Klumpke Dejerine paralysis lower brachial plexus paralysis caused by birth injury, particularly during breech deliveries; called also Dejerine Klumpke or Klumpke Dejerine syndrome …   Medical dictionary

• Klumpke paralysis — Klumpke s paralysis Classification and external resources Brachial plexus. Klumpke paralysis primarily affects C8 and T1. ICD 10 P …   Wikipedia

• Klumpke's paralysis — Klump·ke s paralysis klümp kēz n atrophic paralysis of the forearm and the hand due to injury to the eighth cervical and first thoracic nerves Dé·jé·rine Klump·ke dā zhā rēn klüm kē Augusta (1859 1927) French neurologist. Déjérine Klumpke was a… …   Medical dictionary

• Erb-Duchenne paralysis — noun paralysis of the arm resulting from injury to the brachial plexus (usually during childbirth) • Syn: ↑Erb s palsy • Hypernyms: ↑paralysis, ↑palsy …   Useful english dictionary

• Klumpke's paralysis — a partial paralysis of the arm caused by injury to a baby s brachial plexus during birth. This may result from an obstetric manoeuvre in which the arm is raised at the shoulder to an extreme degree, which damages the lower cervical (neck) and… …   The new mediacal dictionary