Giordano Rafael Tronco Alves - Junior Researcher, Post-graduation Program in Medicine (Radiology) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, ۲۱۹۴۱-۹۰۱, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Natália Henz Concatto - Assistant Physician, Division of Radiology, General Hospital at the University of Caxias do Sul, ۹۵۰۷۰-۵۶۰, Caxias do Sul, Brazil
Deborah Harrington - Cardiac Surgeon and Consultant Radiologists, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Department of Radiology, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L۱۴ ۳PE, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Caroline McCann - Cardiac Surgeon and Consultant Radiologists, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Department of Radiology, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, L۱۴ ۳PE, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Brachial Plexus Injury (BPI) is an uncommon complication of median sternotomy capable of causing a permanent or transitory sensitivity and/or motor function impairment in the upper limbs. During a cardiac surgery through sternotomy, for the assessment of the thoracic cage configuration and the site of mediastinal structures, a broader surgical field may be required. If the sternal retractors are overstretched, the costovertebral junctions are likely to be dislocated damaging the adjacent soft tissues at the same time. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the modality of choice for estimating the degree of physical damage to the brachial plexus. In this paper, we intended to report the MRI findings of a chronic case of BPI following a cardiac surgery

Brachial Plexus, Sternotomy, magnetic resonance imaging