ArticleBMJ case reports2018
Rare case of a newborn baby with left-sided Erb's palsy and a contralateral/right-sided paralysis of the diaphragm.
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- Two Rare Cases of Bilateral Diaphragmatic Paralysis in Neonates.Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- Circumferential shoulder laceration after posterior axilla sling traction: a case report of severe shoulder dystocia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- A Rare Case of Contralateral Diaphragm Paralysis following Birth Injury with Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in pediatrics · 2020Article
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Abstract
Brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI) and phrenic nerve injury can sometimes occur concurrently in neonates following difficult deliveries like breech presentation, shoulder dystocia, forceps or vacuum extraction. Phrenic nerve palsy should be suspected in a newborn with respiratory distress and an elevated hemidiaphragm on the imaging studies in presence of the associated risk factors. The right side is affected more often than the left side and most of it is associated with BPBI. We present here a rare case of a newborn baby with a left-sided Erb's palsy and a contralateral/right-sided diaphragmatic paralysis who recovered from the persistent respiratory distress and feeding difficulties following plication of the diaphragm. The left-sided Erb's palsy also fully recovered at follow-up examination.
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