Paradoxic vocal cord syndrome with surgical cure.
Paradoxic vocal cord motion (PVCM) can cause wheezing, stridor, weak or absent voice, and ineffective cough. We have described a patient who had a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst, which was thought to be causing PVCM by compressing the brain stem. The PVCM and all symptoms resolved after surgical treatment of the arachnoid cyst.
D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000503:physiopathology*