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Bilateral vocal cord palsy due to brain-stem cavernoma – a diagnostic dilemma!

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Vocal cord palsy may result from varied causes. However, cord palsy resulting from a brain-stem cavernoma has never been reported. We report a patient with vocal cord palsy in a 30-year-old male resulting from the brain-stem lesion. The patient became symptomatic each time the lesion bled and improved gradually when the bleeding resolved. Repeated insults on the brain-stem produced permanent cord palsy. Although a rare presentation, brain-stem cavernoma may be considered in the aetiology of cord palsy.

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  1. Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Z. Ali, H. Prabhakar, G. P. Rath & D. Singh

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Correspondence to H. Prabhakar.

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Correspondence: Dr. Hemanshu Prabhakar, CN Center, Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, 7th floor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.

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Ali, Z., Prabhakar, H., Rath, G. et al. Bilateral vocal cord palsy due to brain-stem cavernoma – a diagnostic dilemma!. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 150, 845–846 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-008-1508-y

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