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Diaphragmatic paralysis following minor cervical trauma
Miguel A Merino-Ramírez1, Gustavo Juan, Mercedes Ramón
1Clinical Neurophysiology Service, La Ribera Hospital, Alzira, Valencia, Spain.
Abstract:
Two asthmatic patients developed unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis from phrenic nerve injury, in one case following cervical chiropractic manipulation and in the other after a motorcycle accident. Both presented with increased dyspnea and orthopnea. Diagnosis, severity, and level of the lesion were established by neurophysiological methods, which are preferred to chest radiography and diaphragmatic ultrasonography. In spite of only partial electrophysiological recovery of the nerve, both patients were asymptomatic 1 year later.
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