[A rare late complication of radiation therapy: bilaterally recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis].

نویسندگان

  • Bora Başaran
  • Selin Ünsaler
  • K Serkan Orhan
  • Ö Erkan Kıyak
چکیده

Peripheral neuropathy is a late complication of radiation therapy, which is least and probably threatening. As it occurs many years after the remission is achieved with a usually irreversible clinical presentation, it significantly increases morbidity in cancer survivors and has an adverse effect on the quality of life. In this article, we report a 39-year-old male patient of bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis which developed eight years after the treatment of stage T1b glottic laryngeal carcinoma with primary radiation therapy and was treated by transverse laser cordotomy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Kulak burun bogaz ihtisas dergisi : KBB = Journal of ear, nose, and throat

دوره 24 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014