title: Left brachiocephalic vein stenosis and infectious aortitis: two unusual causes of Ortner's syndrome.
abstract: Ortner's syndrome (also known as cardiovocal syndrome) is defined as hoarseness due to compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve by an enlarged left atrium or enlarged thoracic vessels. We describe two cases of Ortner's syndrome with an unusual underlying vascular pathology. In the first patient, Ortner's syndrome was a consequence of left brachiocephalic vein stenosis resulting in collateral circulation filling the aorto-pulmonary window. The second patient developed a thoracic aortic aneurysm due infectious aortitis. Both patients required careful scrutiny in differential diagnosis because of their complex past medical history and concomitant diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. mmaskey@op.pl.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maskey-Warzęchowska
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dąbrowska
authors.forename: Rafał
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krenke
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domeracka-Kołodziej
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Żukowska
authors.forename: Ryszarda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chazan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications*; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Ortner’s syndrome; cardiovocal syndrome; hoarseness; left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy; vocal cord paresis