[Cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged (report of 51 cases)].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged.


METHODS
Fifty-one patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged were retrospectively analyzed.


RESULTS
The main cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged was malignant tumor.


CONCLUSIONS
Extralaryngeal malignant tumor should be greatly suspected in aged with unilateral vocal cord paralysis. When the cause could not be identified through systematic examination, the patient should be followed up regularly.
Wu
Qigang
Q
Department of Otolaryngology, Affiliated Taihe Hospital of Yunyang Medical College, Shiyan, 442000, China.
Dai
Xishan
X
Li
Ju
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*