PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Turker, Hande
AU  - Sarica, Murat
AU  - Bilgici, Ayhan
AU  - Cengiz, Nilgun
AU  - Onar, Musa K.
AU  - Us, Onder
TI  - Axillary neuropathy mimicking quadrilateral space syndrome and its follow up for one year
DP  - 2008 Jan 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 79--83
VI  - 13
IP  - 1
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/13/1/79.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/13/1/79.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2008 Jan 01; 13
AB  - Axillary neuropathy due to entrapment of the nerve in the quadrilateral space is seen rarely. Here, we describe a 24-year-old patient diagnosed with isolated axillary neuropathy that mimicked quadrilateral space syndrome. Quadrilateral or quadrangular space syndrome (QSS), first described by Cahill and Palmer in 1983, was defined as the entrapment of the distal branch of the axillary nerve and the posterior humeral circumflex artery (PHCA) in the quadrangular shaped anatomic space. We tracked the follow up of the patient for one year both clinically and electrophysiologically. Our aim in reporting this case is to stress the point that cases of such a nature usually represent situations of diagnostic and treatment challenges, where multidisciplinary approaches are required.