title: [Palliative radiation treatment for superior mediastinal lymph nodes of a patient with recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy-a case report of advanced lung cancer].
abstract: The recurrent laryngeal nerve is a branch of the vagus nerve. On the right side, it branches anteriorly to the subclavian artery in the neck. In cases of malignant diseases, lymph node metastasis can lead to recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. Patients with this condition often suffer from aspiration pneumonia, which requires tube feeding. In this case of an advanced lung cancer, we treated the involved lymph node in the neck with palliative radiotherapy, which restored normal nerve function.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Respiratology, Kyoundo Hospital Sasaki Foundation, Japan.
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Haruya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koshiishi
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Hidefumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: Naganobu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D012008:Recurrence; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*