title: Mediastinal lymphadenopathy due to mycobacterial infection.
abstract: Tuberculous lymphadenitis without pulmonary manifestation is an uncommon entity in developed countries, and the possibility of tuberculous infection is usually ignored in the differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy. Therefore, appropriate treatment may be delayed. Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve caused by mediastinal lymphadenopathy due to tuberculosis is an extremely rare condition. In this paper, we present a patient who had vocal cord paralysis caused by tuberculous lymphadenopathy of the superior mediastinum. After anti-tuberculosis treatment, vocal cord function was only partially recovered, while the clinical, radiological, and laboratory abnormalities were completely recovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. mehmetmeral69@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meral
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akgun
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaynar
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mirici
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorguner
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saglam
authors.forename: Fazli
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erdogan
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008482:Mediastinum; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents