Brachial Plexus Chemical Neurolysis with Ethanol for Cancer Pain

Tuan-Hsing Loh; Samir Patel; Anish Mirchandani; Maxim Eckmann

doi:10.1155/2018/8628645

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2018)

Brachial Plexus Chemical Neurolysis with Ethanol for Cancer Pain

Tuan-Hsing Loh,
Samir Patel,
Anish Mirchandani,
Maxim Eckmann

Affiliations

Tuan-Hsing Loh: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA
Samir Patel: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA
Anish Mirchandani: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA
Maxim Eckmann: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), San Antonio, TX, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8628645
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2018

Abstract

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Chemical neurolytic nerve blocks have been successfully used to treat a variety of cancer-related pain. However, the literature has been sparse regarding neurolysis of the brachial plexus for cancer pain. We present a unique case report of a successful chemical neurolysis of the brachial plexus with dehydrated ethanol for a patient suffering from metastatic mammary carcinoma with tumor invasion of the right brachial plexus.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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