title: Unilateral true vocal fold paralysis: cause of right-sided lesions.
abstract: At the Georgetown University Center for the Voice, 778 patients were referred for evaluation between July 1, 1990, and June 30, 1995. During this 5-year period, right true vocal fold paralysis or paresis was diagnosed in 24 of these patients (3%). Videostroboscopy, voice analysis, and patient records were reviewed. Ages ranged from 23 to 80 years, and sex distribution approximated a 1:1 ratio. The patients presenting symptoms included hoarseness, dysphagia, choking, voice pitch change, voice weakness, fatigability, and breathiness. Sources of the vocal fold dysfunction included iatrogenic, traumatic, central, and infectious causes.
authors.affiliation: Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Troost
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Troost
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*