Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Following COVID-19 Vaccination: MR Neurography

Radiology. 2022 Jan;302(1):84-87. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021211374. Epub 2021 Aug 17.

Abstract

Vaccination is one of the several known triggers of Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS). This case series describes two individuals with clinical presentations of PTS whose symptoms began 13 hours and 18 days following receipt of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and Moderna mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine, respectively. The diagnosis of PTS was confirmed by using both electrodiagnostic testing and 3.0-T MR neurography. Although research is needed to understand the association between PTS and COVID-19 vaccination, MR neurography may be used to help confirm suspected cases of PTS as COVID-19 vaccines continue to be distributed worldwide.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analgesics
  • Brachial Plexus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brachial Plexus Neuritis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brachial Plexus Neuritis / drug therapy
  • Brachial Plexus Neuritis / etiology*
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control
  • COVID-19 Vaccines / adverse effects*
  • Gabapentin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Analgesics
  • COVID-19 Vaccines
  • Gabapentin
  • Prednisone