title: A spontaneous ductal aneurysm presenting with left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy.
abstract: A 76-year-old man was found to have a left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, due to a spontaneous patent ductus arteriosus aneurysm. Ortner's syndrome (left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by cardiovascular pathology) secondary to patent ductus arteriosus aneurysm has not previously been described in the literature. We present a case, illustrated with surface rendering computer tomogram reconstructions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Middlesex Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Walesby
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*