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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Revista Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatología 2022; 63(01): e70-e74
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748673
Reporte de Caso | Case Report

Isolated Radial Nerve Palsy in a Newborn: Case Report

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Ana Ramírez Barragán 
1   Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España
,
Sergio Martínez Álvarez 
1   Servicio de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España
,
Serafín Rodríguez Palero 
2   Servicio de Rehabilitación, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España
,
Marta Martín Mangas
2   Servicio de Rehabilitación, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, España
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Abstract

Isolated radial nerve palsy (IRNP) in the newborn is a rare clinical condition that must be distinguished from entities that are more common, such brachial plexus birth palsy (BPBP). It should be suspected in newborns presenting with absent wrist and digital extension but intact deltoid, biceps, and triceps function, as well as wrist and digital flexor function. Whereas BPBP is highly variable depending on the extent of the neurological involvement, IRNP resolves spontaneously, regardless of the severity of the initial presentation. We herein present a case of newborn with IRNP whose initial diagnosis was of BPBP.

Keywords

isolated radial nerve palsy - brachial plexus palsy - newborn


Publication History

Received: 28 May 2020

Accepted: 08 March 2021

Article published online:
20 May 2022

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