title: Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis, an unusual presentation of Parsonage-Turner syndrome.
abstract: A previously healthy 38-year-old man presented a typical Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) three weeks after a cold and unusual muscular exercise. In addition to the motor and sensory defects of the upper limbs, a right hemidiaphragmatic paralysis occurred, which proved to be reversible after several months. A brief review of the hemidiaphragmatic injury in PTS is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Louvain University, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pieters
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Huaux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nagant de Deuxchaisnes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*