Brachial Plexus Disorders:

Diagnosis of Traumatic Discontinuities in Brachial Plexus Elements

Confirmation of total nerve disruption in trauma.

A) The right brachial plexus of a 15 year old with flail arm, two months after a motorcycle accident.  The image demonstrates gross discontinuities in the upper plexus elements (ue), meningocoeles proximally (me), and bright swollen nerve trunks (st).

B) Disconnected and retracted lower trunk (lt) in traumatic injury of brachial plexus.

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