Long thoracic neuropathy caused by an apical pulmonary tumor: Case report

Gentian Toshkezi; John Dejesus; Joe F. Jabre; Anna Hohler; Keith Davies

doi:10.3171/2008.10.JNS08755

Long thoracic neuropathy caused by an apical pulmonary tumor: Case report

Gentian Toshkezi
, John Dejesus
, Joe F. Jabre
, Anna Hohler
, Keith Davies

Department of Neurosurgery

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Abstract

Long thoracic nerve palsy has been reported to have traumatic, iatrogenic, and idiopathic causes. The authors describe the case of a 62-year-old man who presented with progressively worsening right shoulder pain, winging of the scapula, and Horner syndrome. A chest CT scan revealed an apical pulmonary mass. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a long thoracic nerve palsy caused by an apical pulmonary tumor.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	754-757
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of neurosurgery
Volume	110
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3171/2008.10.JNS08755
State	Published - Apr 2009

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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