Don M, Russo V, Budai R, Canciani M
Transient hemi-diaphragmatic palsy following pleural empyema: a pediatric case report. [Journal Article]
Pediatr Med Chir 2009 Jul-Aug; 31(4):172-5.
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.
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