title: Unusual complications of empyema thoracis: diaphragmatic palsy and Horner's syndrome.
abstract: We report here a 3 month old child with empyema thoracis, who developed complications of diaphragmatic palsy and Horner's syndrome. These complications of empyema thoracis have not been reported earlier. We discuss the possible mechanisms for these complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhaskar
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lodha
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kabra
mesh_terms: D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*