Ortner syndrome and haemophilia.
Compression and paralysis of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve by a dilated pulmonary artery is a rare complication of pulmonary hypertension. We here report the case of a patient with severe haemophilia A and HIV infection who presented with a persistent hoarseness of voice and a left vocal cord palsy caused by HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension. This case suggests that HIV-associated pulmonary hypertension should be suspected in any HIV patient presenting with unexplained left vocal cord palsy.
Hermans
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Department of Haematology, Haemostasis and Thrombosis Unit, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. hermans@sang.ucl.ac.be
Manocha
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McLaughlin
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Lipman
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Lee
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CA
D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; D013577:Syndrome; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*