Duchenne-Erb paralysis


Erb pal·sy

(erb), a type of obstetric palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the upper arm and shoulder girdle (for example, deltoid, biceps, brachialis, and brachioradialis, and sometimes the infraspinati nad serratus anterior muscles) caused by a lesion of the upper trunk of the brachial plexus or of the roots of the fifth and sixth cervical roots. Synonym(s): Duchenne-Erb paralysis, Erb paralysis

Erb pal·sy

, Erb paralysis (erb pawl'zē, păr-al'i-sis) A type of brachial palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the upper arm and shoulder girdle (deltoid, biceps, brachialis, and brachioradialis muscles) due to a lesion of the upper trunk of the brachial plexus or of the roots of the fifth and sixth cervical roots.
Synonym(s): Duchenne-Erb paralysis.

Duchenne,

Guillaume B.A., French neurologist, 1806-1875. Aran-Duchenne disease - Synonym(s): Lou Gehrig diseaseAran-Duchenne dystrophy - Synonym(s): Lou Gehrig diseaseDuchenne-Aran disease - Synonym(s): Lou Gehrig diseaseDuchenne attitude - paralysis of trapezius resulting in shoulder lowering on external rotation.Duchenne disease - Synonym(s): (1) Duchenne dystrophy; - (2) progressive bulbar paralysisDuchenne dystrophy - the most common childhood muscular dystrophy, with onset usually before age 6. Synonym(s): childhood muscular dystrophy; Duchenne disease (1); Duchenne-Griesinger disease; pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophyDuchenne-Erb paralysis - Synonym(s): Erb palsyDuchenne-Erb syndrome - Synonym(s): Erb palsyDuchenne-Griesinger disease - Synonym(s): Duchenne dystrophyDuchenne paralysis - brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of upper arm and shoulder girdle muscles due to lesion of upper trunk of brachial plexus or roots of fifth and sixth cervical roots.Duchenne sign - falling in of the epigastrium during inspiration in paralysis of the diaphragm.Duchenne syndrome - subacute or chronic anterior spinal paralysis combined with multiple neuritis.Erb-Duchenne paralysis - Synonym(s): Erb palsy

Erb,

Wilhelm Heinrich, German neurologist, 1840-1921. Duchenne-Erb paralysis - Synonym(s): Erb palsyDuchenne-Erb syndrome - Synonym(s): Erb palsyErb atrophy - a form of progressive muscular atrophy in which the disease begins in the muscle and not in the spinal centers. Synonym(s): progressive muscular dystrophyErb disease - progressive weakness and atrophy of the muscles of the tongue, lips, palate, pharynx, and larynx, most often caused by motor neuron disease. Synonym(s): progressive bulbar paralysisErb formula - the portion of the brachial plexus that can be stimulated through intact skin.Erb palsy - a type of brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the upper arm and shoulder girdle. Synonym(s): Duchenne-Erb paralysis; Duchenne-Erb syndrome; Erb-Duchenne paralysis; Erb paralysisErb paralysis - Synonym(s): Erb palsyErb sign - Synonym(s): Erb-Westphal signErb spinal paralysis - chronic myelitis of syphilitic origin.Erb-Charcot disease - a type of cerebral palsy. Synonym(s): spastic diplegia; spastic paraplegiaErb-Duchenne paralysis - Synonym(s): Erb palsyErb-Goldflam disease - Synonym(s): Goldflam diseaseErb-Westphal sign - abolition of the patellar tendon reflex in certain diseases of the spinal cord and occasionally in brain disease. Synonym(s): Erb sign; Westphal-Erb sign; Westphal phenomenon; Westphal signNievergelt-Erb syndrome - Synonym(s): Nievergelt syndromeWestphal-Erb sign - Synonym(s): Erb-Westphal sign