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Post Mastectomy Pain after Brachial Plexus Palsy: Metastases or Radiation Neuritis?

P. HOANG
D. J. FORD
F. D. BURKE

From the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary

Three patients have been reported who developed metastatic tumour within the neural tissue of the brachial plexus three years, four years and fourteen years respectively after treatment of breast carcinoma by simple mastectomy and postoperative radiotherapy.

A fourth patient who developed bilateral upper limb paralysis after radiotherapy for a lymphoma is also reported.

At exploration of the brachial plexus extensive fibrosis was present in all cases with metastases only diagnosed through biopsy of neural tissue.

The clinical features and the role of surgery are discussed in the light of our experience and a review of available literature.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 11, No. 3, 441-443 (1986)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(86)90177-4
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