title: A rare case of Reidel thyroiditis with associated vocal cord paralysis: CT and MR imaging features.
abstract: Reidel thyroiditis is extremely rare and not only involves the thyroid gland but usually extends to neighboring structures in the neck. A rare complication of this disease is entrapment of the recurrent laryngeal nerve causing a vocal cord paralysis. In fact, to our knowledge, this is likely the only benign thyroid disease to cause such a paralysis. We present a case of a 57-year-old woman with Reidel thyroiditis and a recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. The CT and MR imaging features are presented as well as a brief review of this disease.
authors: Department of Radiology, MountSinai School of Medicine of New York University, New York, NY, USA.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Ng
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Corcuera-Solano
authors: V V
authors: VV
authors: Gurudutt
authors: P M
authors: PM
authors: Som
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*