title: Hoarseness as imminent symptom of aortic aneurysm rupture (Ortner's syndrome).
abstract: Ortner's syndrome (cardiovocal syndrome) is the clinical entity of hoarseness due to left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by cardiovascular disease. We present a case of an 86-year-old woman with hoarseness as a prominent symptom due to a large painless aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, which soon ruptured. Cardiovocal syndrome can be a rare but an important and probably the only major clinical finding of a painless aortic rupture.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Medical Department, Venizelion General Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Hlydakis@Yahoo.Gr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lydakis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thalassinos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Apostolakis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Athousakis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kontopoulou
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging