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.
Don
Massimiliano
M
Pediatric Department, Allergology and Pneumology Unit, School of Medicine DPMSC, University of Udine, Udine, Italy. max.don@libero.it
Russo
Valentina
V
Budai
Riccardo
R
Canciani
Mario
M
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