Phrenic nerve palsy: causes

Neurological causes

• Neuralgic amyotrophy (brachial neuritis)
• Bilateral isolated phrenic neuropathy
• Motor neurone disease (MND)
• Guillain Barre syndrome (GBS)
• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
• Critical illness neuropathy
• Idiopathic

Cardiothoracic causes

Infective causes

Medical causes

Rowland Payne syndrome: features

Red Cross syndrome

Clinical features and management

References

1. Brazis PW, Masdeu JC, Biller J. Localization in Clinical Neurology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Philadelphia 2007 p75.
2. Lin PT, Andersson PB, Distad BJ, et al. Bilateral isolated phrenic neuropathy causing painless bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. Neurology 2005; 65:1499-1501.
3. Stojkovic T, De Seze J, Hurtevent JF, Fourrier F, Vermersch P. Phrenic nerve palsy as a feature of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Muscle Nerve 2003; 27:497-499.
4. Akhtar J, Siddiqui MA, Khan NA, Alam MA. Right phrenic nerve palsy: a rare presentation of thoracic aortic aneurysm. Malays J Med Sci 2013; 20:98-101.
5. Djukic M, Larsen J, Lingor P, Nau R. Unilateral phrenic nerve lesion in Lyme neuroborreliosis. BMC Pulm Med 2013; 13:4.
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