TY - JOUR
T1 - Left vocal cord palsy
T2 - An unusual presentation of a mycotic aneurysm of the aorta caused by salmonella cholerasuis
AU - Chan, Paul
AU - Huang, Jeng Jong
AU - Yang, Yu Jen
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - A 67-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of fever, productive cough and a concomitant hoarseness. A para-aortic lesion was found on chest X-ray, and bronchoscopy revealed a left vocal cord palsy. Due to rapid enlargement of the lesion, angiography was performed, which revealed a pseudoaneurysm at the descending aorta. Operation disclosed an infected aneurysm with rupture, and tissue culture yielded Salmonella cholerasuis. The findings of a mycotic aneurysm and hoarseness due to compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve is a rare and serious combination caused by salmonella, previously unreported in the medical literature.
AB - A 67-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of fever, productive cough and a concomitant hoarseness. A para-aortic lesion was found on chest X-ray, and bronchoscopy revealed a left vocal cord palsy. Due to rapid enlargement of the lesion, angiography was performed, which revealed a pseudoaneurysm at the descending aorta. Operation disclosed an infected aneurysm with rupture, and tissue culture yielded Salmonella cholerasuis. The findings of a mycotic aneurysm and hoarseness due to compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve is a rare and serious combination caused by salmonella, previously unreported in the medical literature.
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U2 - 10.3109/00365549409011787
DO - 10.3109/00365549409011787
M3 - Article
C2 - 8036479
AN - SCOPUS:0028256017
SN - 2374-4235
VL - 26
SP - 219
EP - 221
JO - Infectious Diseases
JF - Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -
