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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Jungbauer, Frederic Hülse, Roland Lu, Fei Ludwig, Sonja Held, Valentin Rotter, Nicole Schell, Angela Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection |
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 |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: Bilateral Palsy of the Vocal Cords After COVID-19 Infection |
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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