IF SARS-COV-2 VACCINATION IS BLAMED FOR PARSONAGE–TURNER SYNDROME, NEUROSURGICAL NEUROLYSIS IS NOT INDICATED
- Author:
Josef Finsterer
1
;
Fulvio A Scorza
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Letter
- Keywords: Plexitis; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccination; Side effect; Muscle weakness
- From:Malaysian Family Physician 2024;19(1):1-2
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: IF SARS-COV-2 VACCINATION IS BLAMED FOR PARSONAGE–TURNER SYNDROME, NEUROSURGICAL NEUROLYSIS IS NOT INDICATED:We read with interest the article by Yeoh and Ramdzan describing the case of a 50-year-old man who was diagnosed with Parsonage–Turner syndrome (PTS) after vaccination with a booster dose of an mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.1 Symptoms started 5 days after vaccination, but the patient did not come to the hospital until 9 weeks after symptom onset. e patient bene tted from neurosurgical neurolysis of C5, C6 and the upper trunk as well as low-level laser therapy. e study o ers valuable information but has limitations that should be discussed.
- Full text:2026101417351316934If SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.pdf
