Transient hemi-diaphragmatic palsy following pleural empyema: a pediatric case report.
Phrenic nerve palsy generally is a jatrogenic damage of invasive neck and/or chest procedures in the pediatric age, but it does not represent a common complication of pleural empyema. One case of transient monolateral diaphragmatic paralysis following a decorticated pleural empyema is here reported. Common causes of the present disorder and its possible physiopathologic mechanisms are discussed, too.
Pediatric Department, Allergology and Pneumology Unit, School of Medicine DPMSC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy. max.don@libero.it
Massimiliano
M
Don
Valentina
V
Russo
Riccardo
R
Budai
Mario
M
Canciani
D002648:Child; D003964:Diaphragm; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010791:Phrenic Nerve