LARYNGEAL ZOSTER WITH UNILATERAL LARYNGEAL PARALYSIS

Authors
NISHIZAKI K ONODA K AKAGI H YUEN K OGAWA T MASUDA Y
Citation
K. Nishizaki et al., LARYNGEAL ZOSTER WITH UNILATERAL LARYNGEAL PARALYSIS, ORL, 59(4), 1997, pp. 235-237
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
ORL → ACNP
ISSN journal
03011569
Volume
59
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
235 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-1569(1997)59:4<235:LZWULP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The case of a 60-year-old man with a unilateral laryngeal mucosal lesi on and complete left vocal cord paralysis is reported. The lesion loca lized to the left side of the larynx covered the laryngeal vestibule, arytenoid, false vocal cord and true vocal cord, but did not extend to the hypopharynx or oropharynx. Enzyme immunoassay for varicella-zoste r virus (VZV) Zed to a diagnosis of VZV infection.