ACUTE STRIDOR AS A PRESENTATION OF BILATERAL ABDUCTOR VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS

Authors
STRAUSS A PINDER M LIPMAN J CONIDARIS M
Citation
A. Strauss et al., ACUTE STRIDOR AS A PRESENTATION OF BILATERAL ABDUCTOR VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS, Anaesthesia, 51(11), 1996, pp. 1046-1048
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
51
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1046 - 1048
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1996)51:11<1046:ASAAPO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We report the case of a 48-year-old woman, referred to the Intensive C are Unit with community-acquired pneumonia, who was noted to have stri dor of acute onset. Subsequent indirect laryngoscopy revealed bilatera l abductor vocal cord paralysis, secondary to unsuspected carcinoma of the oesophagus, requiring immediate tracheostomy. We highlight the im portance of visualisation of the vocal cords in cases of stridor of un certain aetiology.