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Jeffrey K. Tobias, MD; Silverio M. Santiago, MD; Adrian J. Williams, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116(8):971-972.

Abstract
• Vocal cord paralysis is an unusual complication of sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis may affect vocal cord function by either direct involvement of the cord or by involvement of the neural pathways, including the nucleus ambiguus, the 10th cranial nerves, and the superior and recurrent laryngeal nerves. There have been only two previous case reports of sarcoidosis with mediastinal adenopathy causing compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve and vocal cord paralysis. We present a third such case.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116:971-972)

Author Affiliations
From the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wadsworth Division, and Pulmonary Disease Section, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 20, 1990.

Presented at the meeting of the First World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders, Estoril, Portugal, October 23, 1989.

Reprint requests to the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center (WIIIB), Wilshire and Sawtelle Boulevards, Los Angeles, CA 90073 (Dr Tobias).

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