Neonatal bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis caused by brain stem haemorrhage

S Blazer; J A Hemli; P O Sujov; J Braun

doi:10.1136/adc.64.1_spec_no.50

Neonatal bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis caused by brain stem haemorrhage

Arch Dis Child. 1989 Jan;64(1 Spec No):50-2. doi: 10.1136/adc.64.1_spec_no.50.

Authors

S Blazer¹, J A Hemli, P O Sujov, J Braun

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

Abstract

We describe a neonate with severe bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis caused by haemorrhage in the lower brain stem. To our knowledge this association has not been previously reported in the English medical literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Stem*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Paralysis, Obstetric / etiology*
Respiratory Paralysis / etiology*