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 in | Archives of otolaryngology (1960) Vol. 107; no. 2; p. 117 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.02.1981
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0003-9977 |
DOI: | 10.1001/archotol.1981.00790380047011 |