Inhaled Organophosphorus Poisoning Presenting as Superior Laryngeal Nerve Palsy: A Rare Case

Poisoning by organophosphorus (OP) is a major clinical issue affecting many nations worldwide, especially developing nations. In this case report, we have highlighted organophosphate poisoning syndrome that resulted in paralysis of the vocal cords. A 28-year-old male patient with a history of accide...

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Autores principales: Patel, Sujal, Patel, Mansi, Hande, Vaidehi, Jain, Shraddha, Kumar, Sunil, Acharya, Sourya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9757641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36540451
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31589
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Sumario:Poisoning by organophosphorus (OP) is a major clinical issue affecting many nations worldwide, especially developing nations. In this case report, we have highlighted organophosphate poisoning syndrome that resulted in paralysis of the vocal cords. A 28-year-old male patient with a history of accidental inhalation of the OP compound reported to our hospital with symptoms of vomiting and hoarseness of voice. He had nasal regurgitation and hoarseness having both 9th and 10th cranial nerve palsies on admission, which improved after administration of atropine.

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