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18660479

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report a 7-day-old girl born with a hemangioma involving the right side of the scalp and neck who developed ipsilateral brachial plexus palsy at 5 days of age. Imaging studies confirmed the presence of a cavernous hemangioma in the vicinity of the brachial plexus. She was treated with intravenous corticosteroids and her palsy resolved in 5 days. Only 1 prior case of hemangioma producing brachial plexus palsy has been reported; this patient was not treated with corticosteroids and had a partial recovery. The authors believe that the quick recovery after initiating systemic steroids was due to relief of nerve compression (neuropraxia) resulting from shrinkage of the cavernous hemangioma. The purpose of this article is to describe an uncommon cause of neonatal brachial plexus palsy and to report the effectiveness of early intravenous corticosteroid treatment in a patient with brachial plexus palsy due to a cavernous hemangioma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1708-8283
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
956-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Resolution of brachial plexus palsy due to hemangioma after intravenous corticosteroid therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Brachial Plexus Center, Miami Children's Hospital, Department of Neurology, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports