Chapter 12 - Radiculopathies and Plexopathies

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Radiculopathies are very rare in childhood and adolescence. Most pediatric radiculopathies predominantly involve the lumbosacral nerve roots. Cervical radiculopathies are uncommon, but other conditions, such as congenital spinal stenosis, can mimic nerve root lesions in the cervical spine. Plexopathies are more common than radiculopathies in children. Neonatal brachial plexus palsy continues to be a challenge in the setting of complicated labor and childbirth. Most brachial and lumbar plexopathies in older children result from trauma, although occasionally cases are familial (caused by hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy or hereditary neuropathy with a tendency to pressure palsies) or postinfectious.

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