Diagnosaurus
Vocal cord paralysis
Etiology
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve damage: thyroid or other neck surgery, lung cancer, thyroid cancer
- Laryngeal cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Intubation injury
- Cricoarytenoid arthritis (in rheumatoid arthritis)
- Glottic or subglottic stenosis
- Skull base tumor involving cranial nerves IX, X, and XI
- Idiopathic
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Vocal Cord Paralysis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114367/all/Vocal_cord_paralysis.
Zeiger RFR. Vocal cord paralysis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114367/all/Vocal_cord_paralysis. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Vocal cord paralysis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114367/all/Vocal_cord_paralysis
Zeiger RFR. Vocal Cord Paralysis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114367/all/Vocal_cord_paralysis.
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