[Dislocation of the shoulder complicated by brachial plexus palsy]

Loubet Unyendje Lukulunga; Abdou Kadri Moussa; Mustapha Mahfoud; Ahmed El Bardouni; Mohamed Saleh Berrada; Moradh El Yaacoubi

doi:10.11604/pamj.2014.18.229.4869

[Dislocation of the shoulder complicated by brachial plexus palsy]

Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Jul 18:18:229. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.18.229.4869. eCollection 2014.

[Article in French]

Authors

Loubet Unyendje Lukulunga¹, Abdou Kadri Moussa¹, Mustapha Mahfoud¹, Ahmed El Bardouni¹, Mohamed Saleh Berrada¹, Moradh El Yaacoubi¹

Affiliation

¹ Service de Traumatologie Orthopédie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc.

Abstract

Les auteurs rapportent l'observation d'une paralysie totale du plexus brachial survenue trois mois après un épisode de luxation antéro-interne sous coracoïdienne associée à une fracture du trochiter chez une patiente âgée de 88 ans.

Keywords: brachial plexus; dislocation; palsy; shoulder.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls
Aged, 80 and over
Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / etiology*
Electromyography
Female
Humans
Immobilization
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Physical Therapy Modalities
Radiography
Recovery of Function
Shoulder Dislocation / complications*
Shoulder Dislocation / diagnostic imaging
Shoulder Dislocation / rehabilitation
Shoulder Dislocation / surgery