title: Case report: bilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by cervical spinal osteophytes.
abstract: Thyroid and cervical surgery, tracheal intubation, trauma and neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases may cause bilateral vocal cord paralysis. There are only a few reported cases of bilateral cord paralysis associated with cervical hyperostosis in the English literature. We report the MR and CT findings of a case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by cervical spinal osteophytes compressing the recurrent laryngeal nerves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Istanbul University Medical School Capa Hospital, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ulug
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Simsek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*