title: Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy secondary to left pulmonary artery stent in a child.
abstract: We report a 10-year-old girl who developed persistent hoarseness after stent placement for the treatment of left pulmonary artery stenosis. Laryngoscopy performed 21 months after stent placement revealed left vocal cord paralysis, presumed secondary to compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve by the stent. Pediatric cardiologists should be reminded of this possible rare complication after stent placement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201-2119, USA. dkobayas@dmc.org
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Humes
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*