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From: Utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of unsuspected cases of Parsonage-Turner syndrome: two case reports

Figure 2

Magnetic resonance imaging of patient 2 depicting brachial plexus as well as periscapular muscles. (A,B,C) Coronal T2W fat suppressed contiguous section for brachial plexus shows edema in the trunks and cords of the right brachial plexus (straight arrow). Compare this to the normal brachial plexus on the left side (double arrow). (D,E,F) Sagittal T2-weighted fat-suppressed contiguous section at the level of the shoulder show edema and atrophy in the infraspinatus muscle (hollow arrow). Edema is also noted in the anterior fibres of the subscapularis muscle (curved arrow). (I,J,K) Comparable T1W sagittal images show fatty infiltration in the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles (solid arrows in I). Compare the increased intensity of these muscles as compared to the deltoid (double solid arrow in J), due to fatty infiltration.

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