Hoarseness associated with lymphoma of the thyroid gland.
Lymphoma of the thyroid gland is usually seen as a rapidly enlarging goiter in older persons, and is associated frequently with dysphagia, hoarseness, and choking. There is infrequent vocal cord paralysis. Three patients with malignant lymphoma seen in a two-year period were hoarse without vocal cord paralysis. Two of them had biopsy-proven lymphoma from within the subglottic trachea.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000209:etiology; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary