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Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection

During the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse neurological effects have been described. In addition to unspecific neurological symptoms, cranial nerve deficits have appeared as part of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this case report, we describe a 74-year-old patient who developed bilateral paralysis of the vocal...

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Autores principales: Jungbauer, Frederic, Hülse, Roland, Lu, Fei, Ludwig, Sonja, Held, Valentin, Rotter, Nicole, Schell, Angela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8172591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34093389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.619545
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author Jungbauer, Frederic
Hülse, Roland
Lu, Fei
Ludwig, Sonja
Held, Valentin
Rotter, Nicole
Schell, Angela
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description During the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse neurological effects have been described. In addition to unspecific neurological symptoms, cranial nerve deficits have appeared as part of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this case report, we describe a 74-year-old patient who developed bilateral paralysis of the vocal cords some weeks following his dismissal in stable condition after COVID-19 pneumonia. After ruling out central lesions, peripheral tumors, and other possible causes, therapy was initiated with methylprednisolone, inhalations, and oxygen. The patient showed no improvement, so laterofixation after Lichtenberger was performed. The dyspnea worsened after several weeks, so a laser posterior cordectomy was performed with satisfactory outcome.
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spelling pubmed-81725912021-06-04 Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection Jungbauer, Frederic Hülse, Roland Lu, Fei Ludwig, Sonja Held, Valentin Rotter, Nicole Schell, Angela Front Neurol Neurology During the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse neurological effects have been described. In addition to unspecific neurological symptoms, cranial nerve deficits have appeared as part of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this case report, we describe a 74-year-old patient who developed bilateral paralysis of the vocal cords some weeks following his dismissal in stable condition after COVID-19 pneumonia. After ruling out central lesions, peripheral tumors, and other possible causes, therapy was initiated with methylprednisolone, inhalations, and oxygen. The patient showed no improvement, so laterofixation after Lichtenberger was performed. The dyspnea worsened after several weeks, so a laser posterior cordectomy was performed with satisfactory outcome. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8172591/ /pubmed/34093389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.619545 Text en Copyright © 2021 Jungbauer, Hülse, Lu, Ludwig, Held, Rotter and Schell. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection
title_full Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection
title_fullStr Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection
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title_short Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection
title_sort case report: bilateral palsy of the vocal cords after covid-19 infection
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8172591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34093389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.619545
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