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Case Reports
. 2012 Nov 28:2012:bcr2012007673.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007673.

Acute brachial neuritis following influenza vaccination

Maliha Farhana Shaikh  1 , Tanya Jane Baqai, Hasan Tahir
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Case Reports

Acute brachial neuritis following influenza vaccination

Maliha Farhana Shaikh et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Brachial neuritis following vaccination is an uncommon but clinically important presentation of severe shoulder and arm pain associated with globally reduced range of movement. It may be confused with the more common diagnoses of rotator cuff pathology, adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), shoulder arthritis or cervical spondylosis. We present a case of acute brachial neuritis, which posed a clinical diagnostic challenge to emergency, acute medical and rheumatology clinicians.

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