[Congenital brachial palsy: its epidemiology and sequelae. A retrospective study of our case mix].

Aim: To conduct a retrospective study of cases of congenital brachial palsy, focusing on its incidence, clinical manifestations and long-term course.

Patients And Methods: A systematized study of all the cases of congenital brachial palsy detected in the Hospital La Paz between January 1994 and December 2003 was carried out with the aim of recording data on the pregnancy, gestational age, type of delivery, presentation, sex and weight at birth, Apgar test and the arterial pH of the umbilical cord. It also sought to estimate the type of brachial palsy, the side that was affected, electromyographic findings, associated insults, treatment and progress.

[Atrophy of the cervical spinal cord as a consequence of a prenatal ischemic infarct].

Introduction: Spinal cord injuries in newborn infants following a traumatic delivery are well known, but occasionally cord damage is appreciated in children whose birth did not involve any complications; in some of them there has been proof of an ischemic process that originated inside the uterus.

Case Report: We describe the case of a newborn female with atrophy of the cervical spinal cord compatible with an intrauterine ischemic infarct. It extended to the C4-C6 territory of the anterior spinal artery, with greater participation on the left side.