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Observations on So-Called Idiopathic Vocal Cord Paralysis
- Source :
- Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 91:558-563
- Publication Year :
- 1982
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 1982.
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Abstract
- A series of 238 patients with laryngeal paralysis seen during a six-year period (1976–1982) were studied with serial 16-mm motion picture filmstrips. There were 39 cases in which no etiological disease process could be found responsible for the paralysis; these were called “idiopathic.” In all 39 cases, both the superior and recurrent laryngeal nerves were paralyzed indicating that the lesion involved the central (nuclear) lower motor neurons of the dorsal and ventral nucleus ambiguus. The high incidence of upper respiratory infections suggests a viral etiology in many cases. The ability to separate a pure recurrent from a combined superior and recurrent laryngeal paralysis on morphological indirect endoscopic appearance has significant diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
- Subjects :
- Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Motion Pictures
Diagnosis, Differential
Lesion
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Paralysis
Humans
Vocal cord paralysis
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Viral etiology
Nucleus ambiguus
business.industry
Laryngeal Nerves
General Medicine
Anatomy
Prognosis
Respiration Disorders
medicine.disease
Otorhinolaryngology
Laryngeal paralysis
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Etiology
High incidence
Larynx
medicine.symptom
business
Vocal Cord Paralysis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1943572X and 00034894
- Volume :
- 91
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ea716abce140d2592480cee12d76a993