Sudden dysphonia due to parathyroid apoplexy: a rare case of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy.
A case is presented of sudden onset dysphonia in a 59-year-old man caused by acute vocal cord paralysis due to bleeding within a hyperplastic lower right parathyroid gland. There were no laboratory findings of hyperparathyroidism nor coagulation disorder. Acute onset of vocal cord paralysis is rarely associated with benign processes; the current case is the first associated with parathyroid hyperplasia.
Ben-Shlomo
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Department of Surgery, Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital, Safed, Israel.
Zohar
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Turani
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Cozacov
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D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010279:Parathyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology*