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  • noun A disorder affecting a network of nerves in the brachial or lumbosacral plexus, resulting in pain and loss of motor control.

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  • The EBV neuropathies present with ophthalmoplegia, lumbosacral plexopathy, and sensory or autonomic neuropathy.

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  • (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve. emg notes: Brachial plexitis causes and differential and foils Intraoperative plexopathy of brachial plexus can be due to hyperabduction of the relaxed arm, plexitis (autoimmune) following surgery, during median sternotomy such as CABG (5-7 % of time) which can mimic an ulnar neuropathy, ...

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  • In immunocompetent adults, the most common neurological complication of CMV infection is Guillain-Barré syndrome, and CMV has also been associated with acute brachial plexopathy. [

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