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Rev Pneumol Clin. 1990;46(1):11-3.

[For a better diagnostic strategy in idiopathic diaphragmatic paralysis].

Revue de pneumologie clinique

[Article in French]
V Jounieaux, A Duran, P Aubry, A Remond

Affiliations

  1. Service de Pneumologie, Centre hospitalier régional, Amiens.

PMID: 2164703

Abstract

The authors report a case of right-sided paralysis of the diaphragm which revealed a lung cancer extending to the mediastinum and involving the right phrenic nerve. This case underlines the limitations of thoracic imaging in case of phrenic nerve paralysis. It also demonstrates the value of early exploratory thoracotomy in all patients with allegedly "idiopathic" unilateral phrenic nerve paralysis.

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