title: Unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis: an electrophysiological study.
abstract: An electrophysiological study was carried out on four patients with unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. Whereas neurogenic involvement of the paralysed hemidiaphragm was roughly similar in all cases, neurogenic patterns could be detected in the normally moving contralateral hemidiaphragm in three cases, and the degree of involvement could be correlated with the respiratory state of the patients. EMG also showed that the neuropathic process affected the limb muscles. Thus unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis may be, at least in some cases, the localised expression of a more diffuse neuropathy, perhaps a peculiar form of neuralgic amyotrophy.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bordeaux, Pessac, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lagueny
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ellie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saintarailles
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marthan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Julien
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology