These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: An unusual presentation of whiplash injury: long thoracic and spinal accessory nerve injury.
    Author: Omar N, Alvi F, Srinivasan MS.
    Journal: Eur Spine J; 2007 Dec; 16 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):275-7. PubMed ID: 17587067.
    Abstract:
    Whiplash injuries from motor vehicle accidents are very common. The usual presentation and course of this condition normally results in resolution of symptoms within a few weeks. Brachial plexus traction injuries without any bone or joint lesion of the cervical spine have been reported before. We report a case where a gentleman was involved in a rear end vehicle collision, sustained a whiplash injury and was later found to have a long thoracic nerve palsy and spinal accessory nerve palsy. Although isolated injuries of both nerves following a whiplash injury have been reported, combined injury of the two nerves following a whiplash injury is very uncommon and is being reported for the first time.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]