Unusual cause of bilateral vocal cord paralysis.
The most common cause of vocal cord paralysis (VCP) as a result of recurrent laryngeal nerve compression is malignant tumors. A benign and inflammatory causes of VCP is rarely reported in the literature, and in almost all reported cases it was a unilateral paralysis. We report a rare case of tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy causing bilateral VCP in a young female patient.
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hajjar
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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AlShalan
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Alsowayyan
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Al-Nassar
Hoarseness of voice; tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenopathy; vocal cord paralysis