A bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to Parsonage and Turner syndrome

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled [A bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to Parsonage and Turner syndrome (Rev Pneumol Clin. 2008 Jun;64(3):137-40). Authors are Guinard S Huchot E Couturaud F et al., from the Département de médecine interne et pneumologie, CHRU de la Cavale-Blanche, 5, avenue Foch, 29609 Brest cedex, France. 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. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.