Characteristics of metastatic brachial plexopathy in patients with breast cancer

JY Kim, JY Jeon, YJ Choi, JK Choi, SB Kim… - Supportive Care in …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Brachial plexopathy in cancer patients is a rare but significant complication that
causes pain and disability of the upper extremities. Clinical features of breast cancer …

MR imaging of brachial plexopathy in breast cancer patients without palpable recurrence

SS Lingawi, JH Bilbey, PL Munk, PY Poon, BM Allan… - Skeletal radiology, 1999 - Springer
Objective. To investigate the role of MR imaging in detecting brachial plexus (BP)
abnormalities in breast cancer patients with plexopathy but without palpable masses …

Effective treatment of the brachial plexus syndrome in breast cancer patients by early detection and control of loco-regional metastases with radiation or systemic …

B Kamenova, AS Braverman, M Schwartz… - International journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Background In breast cancer (BC) patients the brachial plexus syndrome (BPS) has been
reported to be due to loco-regional metastases or radiation plexopathy. Associated arm …

Metastatic breast cancer delayed brachial plexopathy: A brief case report/Comments

A Zingale, G Ponzo, G Ciavola… - Journal of …, 2002 - search.proquest.com
Metastatic involvement of brachial plexopathy is a rare condition that is often associated with
advanced systemic breast cancer and the role of surgeon appears to be restricted because …

Symptomatic brachial plexopathy following treatment for breast cancer: utility of MR imaging with surface-coil techniques

A Qayyum, AD MacVicar, AR Padhani, P Revell… - Radiology, 2000 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To investigate the clinical utility and diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging in patients with symptomatic brachial plexopathy following treatment for breast …

Diagnosis and management of brachial plexus lesions in cancer patients.

SH Kori - Oncology (Williston Park, NY), 1995 - europepmc.org
Brachial plexus dysfunction is a well-known complication of cancer. Metastatic brachial
plexus (RBP) are the most common causes. The distinction between MBP and RBP is very …

The spectrum of brachial plexopathy from perineural spread of breast cancer

MM Jack, BW Smith, S Capek, T Marek, JM Carter… - Journal of …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Perineural spread of breast cancer to the brachial plexus can lead to pain,
sensory alterations, and upper-extremity weakness. Although rare, perineural spread is an …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical Utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in brachial plexopathy secondary to metastatic breast cancer

P Chandra, N Purandare, A Agrawal… - Indian Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Role of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)
in breast cancer is rapidly evolving. Brachial plexopathy is a rare clinical entity in follow-up …

Radiation-induced brachial plexus neuropathy in breast cancer patients

NK Olsen, P Pfeiffer, K Mondrup, C Rose - Acta Oncologica, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
The incidence and latency period of radiation-induced brachial plexopathy (RBP) were
assessed in 79 breast cancer patients by a neurological follow-up examination at least 60 …

Periscapular amputation as treatment for brachial plexopathy secondary to recurrent breast carcinoma: a case series and review of the literature

NK Behnke, SN Crosby, CM Stutz, GE Holt - European Journal of Surgical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Aims Recurrent breast carcinoma with brachial plexus involvement is often misinterpreted as
a radiation-or chemotherapy-induced brachial plexopathy. We review a case series of 4 …