title: Anthracosis: An unusual cause of vocal fold paralysis.
abstract: Anthracotic pigmentation in the bronchial mucosa is a bronchoscopic finding of pneumoconiosis, or evidence of heavy atmospheric soot. This pigmentation in the tracheobronchial mucosa is surrounded by calcified or noncalcified lymph nodes. Anthracosis is not a previously known cause of left vocal fold paralysis. We present what we believe to be the first reported case of anthracosis-caused vocal fold paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kartal Teaching and Research Hospital, Istasyon caddesi Merdivenli sok Özkan, Apt. No. 5 d 6, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey. sedataydin63@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.forename: Merve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiroglu
authors.forename: Mehmet Gökhan
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Demir
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D055008:Anthracosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*