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Unilateral vocal cord palsy: Finding the culprit

Author(s) -

Shiun Chuen Chew,

Hazama Mohamad,

Nik Fariza Husik Hassan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

egyptian journal of ear nose throat and allied sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 2090-3405

pISSN - 2090-0740

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejenta.2016.12.008

Subject(s) - medicine , palsy , cord , vocal cord paralysis , culprit , larynx , radiology , surgery , anatomy , paralysis , pathology , alternative medicine , myocardial infarction

Unilateral vocal cord palsy after recent chicken pox or varicella zoster virus infection is indeed rare. Viral neuronitis is a self-limiting disease; with complete or partial recovery. However, any lesions, which could compress the laryngeal nerve along its course causing unilateral vocal cord palsy, should be excluded. Imaging studies; i.e. computed tomography (CT) scan should be done to address this problem. CT scans enable us to image the entire course of the laryngeal nerve as well as any lesion in the mediastinum which could compress on it. Keywords: Unilateral vocal cord palsy, Varicella zoster virus, Computed tomography, Mediastinu

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