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Apgar test done on a newborn girl at 1st and 5th minute after birth gave the result of 7-8 scores. During the delivery there was a short-term difficulty with extraction of shoulder girdle. After birth the child had the proximal extremity dysfunction and the arm couldn't be raised from the side. The shoulder was turned inwards, the elbow was flexed, there was also forearm pronation, obstetric palsy of brachial plexus. What is the clinical diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Intracranial haemorrhage
  2. Duchenne-Erb palsy
  3. Trauma of right hand soft tissues
  4. Right hand osteomyelitis
  5. Trauma of thoracic spine
Correct answer

Duchenne-Erb palsy

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