Dysphonia as an unusual debut of parsonage–Turner syndrome

Laura Samarà; Josep Valls–Sole; Miguel Caballero

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Dysphonia as an unusual debut of parsonage–Turner syndrome

Laura Samarà Josep Valls–Sole Miguel Caballero

Head & Neck Vol. 35 No. 7 · Wiley

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AbstractBackgroundParsonage–Turner syndrome is a rare and painful peripheral neuropathy that usually presents as brachial plexus neuritis and also has other nerve involvement.Methods and ResultsHerein, we report the case of a patient with right recurrent nerve palsy as the first clinically isolated manifestation of underlying Parsonage–Turner syndrome. Idiopathic dysphonia was the only symptom presenting during a week for a patient that later developed a more conventional neurological deficit in her right shoulder.ConclusionsThe case illustrates the need for a careful clinical‐neurologic examination beyond the larynx in patients presenting with idiopathic dysphonia. Parsonage–Turner syndrome should be considered as one of the rare causes in the differential diagnosis of isolated and otherwise unexplained dysphonia. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2013

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Laura Samarà, Josep Valls–Sole, Miguel Caballero (2012). Dysphonia as an unusual debut of parsonage–Turner syndrome. Head & Neck, 35(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.23055

Dysphonia as an unusual debut of parsonage–Turner syndrome

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