title: Ortner's syndrome, presentation of two cases with cardiovocal hoarseness.
abstract: We present two cases of Ortner's syndrome, a syndrome with hoarseness caused by unilateral left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy as a complication of cardiovascular diseases. In the first case, aneurysmatic dilatation of the aorta and in the second case a dilated pulmonary trunk was thought to be the cause.
authors.affiliation: Congenital Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Joost P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Van Melle
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meyns
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Budts
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*