Unilateral vocal cord palsy as the presentation of metastatic mediastinal adenocarcinoma
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Unilateral Vocal Cord Palsy: An Etiopathological Study
Unilateral vocal cord palsy (UVCP) is not an uncommon finding in ENT practice. It is not a diagnosis by itself. The exact incidence of UVCP has been difficult to find out because of multiple reasons. Many cases are underdiagnosed because of spontaneous recovery or compensation by the opposite cord. Also, a good number of patients with postoperative hoarseness do not undergo a laryngoscopic eval...
متن کاملUnilateral vocal cord palsy and dysphagia: an unusual presentation of cerebellopontine angle meningioma
Cerebellopontine angle (CPA) tumours are the most common neoplasms in the posterior fossa, accounting for 5-10% of intracranial tumours. Most CPA tumours are benign, with most being vestibular schwannomas. Meningiomas arising from the jugular foramen are among the rarest of all with very few being described in the literature. Treatment options vary considerably as experience with these tumours ...
متن کاملunilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy: as the only presentation of tuberculosis
tuberculous spondylitis is not an uncommon disease of the spine. near one percent of all cases of spinal tuberculosis (tb) involves craniocervical junction. hypoglossal nerve palsy is not an uncommon neurological finding, but isolated involvement of the hypoglossal nerve is rare and limited to case reports or small case series. here, we report a case of craniocervical junction tuberculosis pres...
متن کاملBilateral vocal cord palsy as the sole presentation of acquired syphilis.
Bilateral vocal cord palsy is almost always caused by neck surgery, particularly surgery of the thyroid. We report a case of bilateral vocal cord palsy requiring emergency surgery to relieve the airway obstruction as the sole presentation of acquired syphilis. As the incidence of syphilis worldwide is rising, this unusual presentation may give clinicians a different perspective on the disease.
متن کاملVocal Cord Palsy
Anatomy of vagus nerve: The vagus nerve arises from three nuclei located in the medulla of brain. They are (DAT) 1. Nucleus ambiguous (Motor) 2. Nucleus dorsalis 3. Nucleus of tractus solitaries Nucleus ambiguus: Is the motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (upper part give fibres to 9 nerve and lower to 10 th ). The efferent fibers of the dorsal nucleus innervates the involuntary muscles of bronchi...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2076-0299,2223-4721
DOI: 10.3329/bjms.v17i1.35302