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Article: Unusual paratracheal masses presenting with vocal fold paralysis.
- Article from:
- Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
- Article date:
- February 1, 2006
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Abstract
Most paratracheal masses ale of thyroid origin. We describe two cases of vocal fold paralysis that were caused by unusual paratracheal masses. In one case, a 35-year-old man was found to have a malignant lymphoma that originated in the mediastinum and extended above the clavicle. The other patient was a 53-year-old man with an enlarged left thyroid lobe, tumor invasion of the adjacent laryx and trachea, and multiple pulmonary nodules all due to adenoid cystic carcinoma. Unusual paratraeheal masses presenting with vocal fold paralysis may mimic thyroid malignancies, thereby posing both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Fine-needle aspiration cytology ...