Unilateral vocal cord immobility in a massive pericardial effusion secondary to lung carcinoma / Nur Saadah Mohamad ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Mohamad, Nur Saadah, Mohd Umbaik, Norsyamira Aida, Nik Hassan, Nik Fariza Husna, Wan Isa, Wan Yus Haniff, Mohamad, Irfan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine 2022
• Subjects: Laryngology. Diseases of the throat; Diseases of the larynx, vocal cords, epiglottis, and trachea
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/72480/1/72480.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/72480/; http://jchs-medicine.uitm.edu.my/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Ortner syndrome or cardiovocal syndrome is characterized by vocal cord immobility due to recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy resulted from a cardiovascular pathology. It is due to the compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve along its pathway, from the enlargement of the pulmonary artery, aorta and...