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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-7-12
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The causes of ipsilateral arm pain were analyzed in a consecutive series of 38 patients with breast cancer. A lesion of the brachial plexus was diagnosed in 17 patients, of whom 8 had tumor involvement, 5 had radiation fibrosis, 1 had lymphedema entrapment, and 3 had a probable transient neuritis of the plexus. In four patients, a cervical radiculopathy was found; two of these patients had a Horner's syndrome. A carpal tunnel syndrome was seen in four patients and could possibly be attributed to lymphedema in two patients. In five patients, a pericapsulitis of the shoulder joint was seen. Seven of eight patients with a postsurgical pain had a neuropathic pain related to damage of the intercostobrachial nerve induced by a postaxillary dissection. These diagnoses probably indicate the most common causes of ipsilateral arm pain in breast cancer. A postaxillary dissection pain seems the most frequent type of postsurgical pain in breast cancer.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
N
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0885-3924
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
5
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
109-17
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1990
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Arm pain in the patient with breast cancer.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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