Abstract
A patient with sarcoidosis presented with hoarseness caused by mediastinal lymph nodes compressing the left recurrent laryngeal nerve. The response to corticosteroids was dramatic and complete.
MeSH terms
-
Cranial Nerve Diseases / etiology
-
Cranial Nerve Diseases / pathology
-
Female
-
Humans
-
Laryngeal Nerves* / pathology
-
Lymph Nodes / pathology
-
Middle Aged
-
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
-
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve* / pathology
-
Sarcoidosis / complications*
-
Sarcoidosis / drug therapy
-
Sarcoidosis / pathology
-
Vocal Cord Paralysis / etiology*
-
Vocal Cord Paralysis / pathology