Jaafar R, Mohamad I
Department of ORL-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Malays Fam Physician. 2014 Apr 30;9(1):25-7. eCollection 2014.
Unilateral vocal cord palsy secondary to thoracic aortic aneurysm is a rare occurrence. Direct compression of the enlarging thoracic aneurysm on the left recurrent laryngeal nerve causes neuronal injury of the nerve, which is manifested as hoarseness. We present a rare case of unilateral vocal cord palsy in a 60-year-old healthy gentleman caused by a large thoracic aortic aneurysm. This rare presentation, with a serious underlying pathology might be misdiagnosed or delayed. Therefore, it is important for us to have high index of suspicion in cases with a rare presentation such as this.
继发于胸主动脉瘤的单侧声带麻痹较为罕见。增大的胸主动脉瘤直接压迫左喉返神经,导致该神经发生神经元损伤,表现为声音嘶哑。我们报告了一例60岁健康男性因巨大胸主动脉瘤导致单侧声带麻痹的罕见病例。这种伴有严重潜在病理状况的罕见表现可能会被误诊或延误诊断。因此,对于此类罕见表现的病例,我们保持高度怀疑指数很重要。