Background: Lichen planus is a skin disease that rarely involves mucus membrane. Case: In this study, we introduced a rare case of lichen planus of the right vocal cord in a 51- year -old male presented with hoarseness. The lesion started two years ago and the hoarseness became progressive. There were not any lesions found in his buccal mucosa and skin. The biopsy of the lesion showed lichen...

case presentation herein, we reported a case of a 22-year-old woman diagnosed with erms, t1n0m0 stage, localized at the right vocal cord. tumor was successfully treated with a radical excision and selective neck dissection and followed-up for 5 years with no evidence of local recurrence. introduction although embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas (erms) represent the most common (50% - 60%) clinical form...

Bilateral vocal cord palsy is a rare but life threatening complication of lithium battery ingestion in children. This complication is mostly missed by otorhinolaryngologists due to lack of awareness on the cited subject. We present one such rare case in an infant, where the clinical presentation was found to be unique but hitherto unreported in the medical literature. This clinical record discu...

Abstract Purpose of Review the present review is to illustrate current state art concerning continuous intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring (cIONM) for thyroid surgery. Recent Findings cIONM potentially leads an improved postoperative vocal cord palsy rate, compared intermittent technique. There are currently two main approaches cIONM: either conventional based on vagal stimulati...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To compare by meta-analysis the effect of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) monitoring versus RLN identification alone on true vocal fold palsy rates after thyroidectomy. STUDY DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS A search of MEDLINE (1966-July 2008), EMBASE (1980-July 2008), Cochrane Central Register of Clinical Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Database of Syst...