Skip to main content

. 1990 May;45(5):420–421. doi: 10.1136/thx.45.5.420

Recurrent isolated alternating phrenic nerve palsies: a variant of brachial neuritis?

R P Gregory ¹, L Loh ¹, J Newsom-Davis ¹

PMCID: PMC462501 PMID: 2382250

Abstract

A 40 year old man presented with three episodes of shoulder pain. This is likely to be a variant of brachial neuritis.

420

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

CAPE C. A., FINCHAM R. W. PARALYTIC BRACHIAL NEURITIS WITH DIAPHRAGMATIC PARALYSIS. CONTRALATERAL RECURRENCE. Neurology. 1965 Feb;15:191–193. doi: 10.1212/wnl.15.2.191. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
COMROE J. H., Jr, WOOD F. C., KAY C. F., SPOONT E. M. Motor neuritis after tetanus antitoxin with involvement of the muscles of respiration. Am J Med. 1951 Jun;10(6):786–789. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(51)90397-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
Davis J. N. Phrenic nerve conduction in man. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1967 Oct;30(5):420–426. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.30.5.420. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
Mellem H., Johansen B., Nakstad P., Russell D., Seim H. Unilateral phrenic nerve paralysis caused by osteoarthritis of the cervical spine. Eur J Respir Dis. 1987 Jul;71(1):56–58. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
Tsairis P., Dyck P. J., Mulder D. W. Natural history of brachial plexus neuropathy. Report on 99 patients. Arch Neurol. 1972 Aug;27(2):109–117. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1972.00490140013004. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

ACTIONS

RESOURCES