Ortner's syndrome: a radiological diagnosis.

Ortner's Syndrome is a rare clinical entity, first described in 1897.1 It describes left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy resulting from identifiable cardiovascular disease. For this reason it is also known as cardiovocal syndrome.2 The various underlying conditions includes mitral stenosis, septal defect, mitral valve prolapse and aortic aneurysm.3 4'5 We present a case of left vocal cord paralysis secondary to a large thoracic aortic aneurysm.