Turner H, Qureishi A, Silva P. Vocal cord palsy anatomical changes and a foreign body mimicking malignancy.
BMJ Case Rep 2014;
2014:bcr-2014-204159. [PMID:
25073526 DOI:
10.1136/bcr-2014-204159]
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Abstract
A 74-year-old woman presented with a history of prolonged dysphonia, a red flag symptom for laryngeal cancer. Flexible nasal endoscopy revealed a lesion which looked suspicious for malignancy and therefore she went onto have a microlaryngoscopy and an attempt at biopsy. It was during this procedure that a foreign body was removed whole from a dilated laryngeal ventricle. We believe that some subtle anatomical changes caused by a pre-existing unilateral vocal cord palsy contributed to the impaction of this foreign body.
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