Phrenic Nerve Palsy and Parsonage-Turner Syndrome

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 349 - 351
• Main Authors: Odell, John A., MB ChB, FRCS(Ed), Kennelly, Kathleen, MD, PhD, Stauffer, John, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.07.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Brachial Plexus Neuritis - complications; Brachial Plexus Neuritis - diagnosis; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Diaphragm - innervation; Diaphragm - surgery; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Nervous system as a whole; Neurology; Phrenic Nerve - physiopathology; Phrenic Nerve - surgery; Pneumology; Rare Diseases; Respiratory Paralysis - complications; Respiratory Paralysis - diagnosis; Respiratory Paralysis - surgery; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Surgery; Treatment Outcome; 6; Chromosomal aberration; Dysgenesia; Nervous system diseases; Motor system disorder; Sexual differentiation disorder; Turner syndrome; Female genital diseases; Phrenic nerve; Malformation; Gonad; Anesthesia; Circulatory system; Paralysis; Neurological disorder; Cardiology

This report describes 2 symptomatic patients with phrenic nerve palsy due to Parsonage-Turner syndrome who were managed by diaphragmatic plication. The characteristics of the underlying syndrome are defined.