Superior laryngeal nerve paralysis and benign thyroid disease

A case of an isolated superior laryngeal nerve paralysis from a thyroid adenoma is presented. Superior laryngeal nerve paralyses should be sought, particularly in the preoperative and postoperative examination of thyroidectomy patients. Symptoms of a change in vocal strength or pitch and aspiration...

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Published inArchives of otolaryngology (1960) Vol. 107; no. 2; p. 117
Main Authors Newman, A N, Becker, S P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1981
Subjects
Adenoma - complications
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Thyroid Neoplasms - complications
Vocal Cord Paralysis - etiology
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Summary:A case of an isolated superior laryngeal nerve paralysis from a thyroid adenoma is presented. Superior laryngeal nerve paralyses should be sought, particularly in the preoperative and postoperative examination of thyroidectomy patients. Symptoms of a change in vocal strength or pitch and aspiration along with the laryngoscopic findings of a glottis posteriorly rotated toward a bowed vocal cord are diagnostic. Surgical trauma to the superior laryngeal nerve, though a risk of any thyroidectomy, usually can be avoided if one knows its possible anatomic variations and meticulously dissects the superior thyroid pole and its vessels.
ISSN:0003-9977
DOI:10.1001/archotol.1981.00790380047011