A Rare Case of Contralateral Diaphragm Paralysis following Birth Injury with Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Audra J. Reiter (Author), Yazan K. Rizeq (Author), Benjamin T. Many (Author), Jonathan C. Vacek (Author), Fizan Abdullah (Author), Seth D. Goldstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Clinical History. A 4.4 kg male was born to a 25-year-old, G2P1, nondiabetic woman at 39 and 5/7 weeks. Delivery was complicated by shoulder dystocia requiring forceps-assisted vaginal delivery, resulting in left arm Erb's palsy secondary to left brachial plexus injury. He was born with low mus...