Proximal monomelic amyotrophy of the upper limb
Amir, D.; Magora, A.; Vatine, J.J.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 68(7): 450-451
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9993 PMID: 3606370 Document Number: 304335
A 30-year-old patient of Central European origin, suffering from monomelic amyotrophy, is presented. The disease was characterized by proximal weakness of one upper limb, mainly of the shoulder girdle, accompanied by atrophy. The electrodiagnostic examination revealed signs of partial denervation in the presence of normal motor and sensory conduction. The disease, which is probably of the anterior horn cells, had a benign course and good prognosis, as evident from repeated examinations during a follow-up of eight years.