Article Text
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Backpack palsy with Horner’s syndrome
Summary
Traumatic injuries to the brachial plexus are typically high impact and can be debilitating, life-changing injuries. Backpack palsy is a rare but well-established cause of brachial plexus injury, arising as a result of heavy backpack use. We present an unusual case of backpack palsy with Horner’s syndrome.
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Accidents, injuries
- Neurological injury
- Peripheral nerve disease
- Trauma CNS /PNS
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Footnotes
Contributors OS and KYW contributed equally. OS, KYW and PS were all involved in drafting, reviewing and final submission of the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.