Partial Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis or Paresis? In Search for the Accurate Diagnosis
“Partial paralysis” of the larynx is a term often used to describe a hypomobile vocal fold as is the term “paresis.” We present a case of a dysphonic patient with a mobility disorder of the vocal fold, for whom idiopathic “partial paralysis” was the diagnosis made after laryngeal electromyography, a...
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| description | “Partial paralysis” of the larynx is a term often used to describe a hypomobile vocal fold as is the term “paresis.” We present a case of a dysphonic patient with a mobility disorder of the vocal fold, for whom idiopathic “partial paralysis” was the diagnosis made after laryngeal electromyography, and discuss a proposition for a different implementation of the term. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0723e2ecadd146198840fec51bcc00462025-02-03T05:46:36ZengWileyCase Reports in Otolaryngology2090-67652090-67732015-01-01201510.1155/2015/351704351704Partial Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis or Paresis? In Search for the Accurate DiagnosisAlexander Delides0Panagiotis Kokotis1Pavlos Maragoudakis2Second Department of Otolaryngology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, 12462 Athens, GreeceSecond Department of Neurology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, 12462 Athens, GreeceSecond Department of Otolaryngology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, “Attikon” University Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece“Partial paralysis” of the larynx is a term often used to describe a hypomobile vocal fold as is the term “paresis.” We present a case of a dysphonic patient with a mobility disorder of the vocal fold, for whom idiopathic “partial paralysis” was the diagnosis made after laryngeal electromyography, and discuss a proposition for a different implementation of the term.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/351704 |
| spellingShingle | Alexander Delides Panagiotis Kokotis Pavlos Maragoudakis Partial Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis or Paresis? In Search for the Accurate Diagnosis Case Reports in Otolaryngology |
| title | Partial Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis or Paresis? In Search for the Accurate Diagnosis |
| title_full | Partial Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis or Paresis? In Search for the Accurate Diagnosis |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Partial Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis or Paresis? In Search for the Accurate Diagnosis |
| title_short | Partial Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis or Paresis? In Search for the Accurate Diagnosis |
| title_sort | partial recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis or paresis in search for the accurate diagnosis |
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