A case of thoracic aortic aneurysm presenting as hoarseness of voice: ortner's syndrome.
- Author:
Yi Sun JANG
1
;
Seung Won JIN
;
Hee Chul PARK
;
Jin Ah PARK
;
Hee Jeoung YOUN
;
Jong Min LEE
;
Jae Hyung KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.heartswjin@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hoarseness;
Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- MeSH:
Aged;
Aortic Aneurysm;
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic*;
Ductus Arteriosus, Patent;
Eisenmenger Complex;
Female;
Heart Diseases;
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial;
Hemoptysis;
Hoarseness*;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Hypertension, Pulmonary;
Lung;
Thorax;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Vocal Cord Paralysis
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2003;64(1):105-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Ortner's syndrome is a clinical entity with hoarseness due to a left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by cardiac disease. It is a recognized complication of a number of conditions including, atrial septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, primary pulmonary hypertension, Eisenmenger's syndrome and aortic aneurysm. A 71-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and diabetes complained hoarseness and hemoptysis for 3 days. Chest X-ray showed a soft tissue mass shadow in the left upper lung field and chest CT scan revealed a thoracic aortic aneurysm. We report a case of left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy due to a huge thoracic aortic aneurysm in an old woman.
