Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the pandemic of COVID-19 infection in March 2020, most cases presented with mild symptoms, and a significant number showed variable neurological pictures. Vocal cord paralysis no clear cause is termed as idiopathic vocal supposed to be caused by viral infection. This case series study; data were collected prospectively from pa...

Cranial nerve involvement in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is rare, though there are a number of CMT syndromes in which vocal cord paralysis is a characteristic feature. CMT disease due to mutations in the ganglioside-induced differentiation-associated protein 1 gene (GDAP1) has been reported to be associated with vocal cord and diaphragmatic palsy. In order to address the prevalence of the...

Cranial nerve palsies are uncommon late sequelae of radiation therapy. We present a rare case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis secondary to radiation-induced recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. The exact mechanism accounting for radiation-induced nerve damage is unknown. The complication may occur years following radiation therapy thus making a causal relationship difficult. As there is no tr...

BACKGROUND Respiratory stridor, sleep-disordered breathing, and respiratory insufficiency are part of the clinical spectrum of multiple-system atrophy (MSA). We have encountered cases where these were presenting symptoms, with the diagnosis of MSA being initially unrecognized. OBJECTIVE To describe cases in which breathing difficulties were the initial and primary manifestation of MSA. DESI...

Cranial nerve palsies are uncommon late sequelae of radiation therapy. We present a rare case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis secondary to radiation-induced recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis. The exact mechanism accounting for radiation-induced nerve damage is unknown. The complication may occur years following radiation therapy thus making a causal relationship difficult. As there is no tr...

STUDY BACKGROUND Patients who experience a recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (RLI) after undergoing an Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) procedure may eventually become asymptomatic. If patients with an asymptomatic vocal cord abnormality undergo a subsequent ACDF they may be at risk for developing bilateral vocal cord paralysis (VCP). Bilateral VCP is a potentially life threatening...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the long-term results of autologous fat injections for unilateral vocal cord paralysis and laryngofissure and cordectomy defects. PATIENTS AND METHODS We evaluated the efficacy of autologous fat injections in 21 patients (16 males, 5 females; mean age 57 years; range 24 to 72 years) with unilateral vocal cord paralysis (n=11) and cordectomy defects (n=10) in the lig...

Button battery ingestion in pediatric populations is a common occurrence with severe sequelae. Multiple case reports have established the of death, fistula formation, mucosal erosion, esophageal perforation, and bleeding post-ingestion button batteries. However, there gap literature on bilateral vocal cord paralysis post-lithium ingestion. We present which 12-month-old male developed following ...