title: Phrenic neuropathy due to neuralgic amyotrophy.
abstract: The authors reviewed the medical records of 33 patients diagnosed with idiopathic phrenic neuropathy and found that 17 patients had clinical features of neuralgic amyotrophy. They concluded that a careful clinical and electrodiagnostic evaluation may implicate neuralgic amyotrophy as a causative disease in patients with apparently isolated phrenic neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. tsaob@ccf.org
authors.forename: Bryan E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Tsao
authors.forename: Denis A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ostrovskiy
authors.forename: Asa J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Wilbourn
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004568:Electrodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications; D010791:Phrenic Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*