[A bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to Parsonage and Turner syndrome--its evolution over eight years]

S Guinard; E Huchot; F Couturaud; J-J Quiot; G L'hévéder; P Mialon; L de Saint Martin; G Le Gal; C Leroyer

doi:10.1016/j.pneumo.2008.04.011

[A bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to Parsonage and Turner syndrome--its evolution over eight years]

Rev Pneumol Clin. 2008 Jun;64(3):137-40. doi: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2008.04.011. Epub 2008 Jul 2.

[Article in French]

Authors

S Guinard¹, E Huchot, F Couturaud, J-J Quiot, G L'hévéder, P Mialon, L de Saint Martin, G Le Gal, C Leroyer

Affiliation

¹ Département de médecine interne et pneumologie, CHRU de la Cavale-Blanche, 29609 Brest cedex, France. [email protected]

PMID: 18656787
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneumo.2008.04.011

Abstract

The diaphragmatic paralysis is a rare disease whose causes and evolving forms are numerous. We report the development to eight years of paralysis diaphragmatic bilateral attributed to a Parsonage-Turner syndrome: the lack of recovery is proved by respiratory functional follow-up. The therapeutic possibilities, limited, are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
Brachial Plexus Neuritis / complications*
Brachial Plexus Neuritis / drug therapy
Brachial Plexus Neuritis / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phrenic Nerve / physiopathology
Prognosis
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
Respiratory Paralysis / drug therapy
Respiratory Paralysis / etiology*
Respiratory Paralysis / physiopathology
Shoulder*

Substances

Adrenal Cortex Hormones