Bilateral neuralgic amyotrophy – a case report

Introduction: The neuralgic shoulder amyotrophy is characterised by a variety of neurological deficits with variable degrees of severity. Besides the cryptogenic eteology there is a number of causes, such as neuritis after infection or vaccination as well as collagenosis and Hodgin-Lymphoma . Case report: We report on a 56 year old immune-competent male patient who complained of acute and severe sharp back pain which radiated to his right shoulder. A few hours after spontaneous relief of the pain sensation he experienced acute dyspnoea. Besides a right sided scapula alata there were no further pathological findi…