title: Vocal cord paralysis secondary to impacted esophageal foreign bodies in young children.
abstract: Impacted foreign bodies in the esophagus can result in respiratory symptoms including stridor and aphonia. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain these symptoms, but the possibility of vocal cord paralysis and its cause has not been adequately emphasized. Two cases of young children with esophageal foreign body are described; both presented with respiratory symptoms, 1 with aphonia and the other with stridor. In both cases, the symptoms were secondary to vocal cord paralysis. A possible mechanism of recurrent nerve injury is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Virgilis
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weinberger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kerem
mesh_terms: D001044:Aphonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*