Thoracic Saccular Aortic Aneurysm Presenting with Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy prior to Aneurysm Rupture: A Prodrome of Thoracic Aneurysm Rupture?

Left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rarely results from cardiac disease. We present 2 cases of left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by thoracic saccular aortic aneurysms. One patient suffered an aortic aneurysm rupture one month after the advent of hoarseness, necessitating emergency surgery...

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Main Author: Masafumi Ohki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/367873
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