Brander PE, Järvinen V, Lohela P, Salmi T. Bilateral diaphragmatic weakness: a late complication of radiotherapy.
Thorax 1997;
52:829-31. [PMID:
9371219 PMCID:
PMC1758640 DOI:
10.1136/thx.52.9.829]
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Abstract
Brachial plexus neuropathy is an unfortunate complication that sometimes follows radiotherapy to the axillary and supraclavicular regions. A patient is described who, 30 years after radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease and more than 10 years after the development of radiation-induced bilateral brachial plexus neuropathy, presented with bilateral diaphragmatic weakness secondary to bilateral phrenic nerve weakness. Previous radiotherapy was the most probable cause of the condition.
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