Glossopharyngeal schwannoma causing vocal fold paralysis
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Glossopharyngeal schwannoma causing vocal fold paralysis.
Vocal fold paralysis may occur for a wide range of reasons, from cardiac chamber enlargement, intoxication by chemical products, and mediastinal, neck, lung and intracranial tumors. Given the vast array of possibilities and the various points where the vagus and recurrent laryngeal nerves (the latter is a branch of the first and innervates most laryngeal intrinsic muscles) may be injured, often...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1808-8694
DOI: 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)30161-0