Left vocal cord paralysis associated with long-standing patent ductus arteriosus.
Left vocal cord paralysis in association with patent ductus arteriosus is unusual. We report a patient with long-standing patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in whom CT studies obtained before and after paralysis developed showed an interval increase in size of the pulmonary trunk. The pathogenesis of left vocal cord paralysis in association with long-standing PDA is discussed.
Nakahira
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Department of Otolaryngology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
Nakatani
H
H
Takeda
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T
D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*