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LARYNGEAL MANIFESTATIONS OF INTRATHORACIC CONDITIONS
LEON L. TITCHE, M.D.
AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1952;56(5):471-478.
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SINCE the larynx is situated above and outside of the chest, one would suppose that intrathoracic lesions would involve the larynx infrequently and only by an ascending infection being carried by continuity of the mucous membrane or by the respiratory air column. But, when the laryngeal nerve supply is remembered, the effect of abnormalities within the thorax upon these nerves and thereby upon the larynx easily can be surmised. The laryngeal manifestation of this is evidenced by an alteration in the quality of the voice. This ranges from slight huskiness to almost complete aphonia, though at times there may be no clinical signs of dysfunction. This presentation will show several instances of these conditions.
Before the discussion proceeds further, a brief review of the nerve supply of the vocal cords may give a clearer picture (Fig. 1). The cricothyroid muscle receives its innervation by way of the superior laryngeal nerve
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Author Affiliations
TUCSON, ARIZ.
From the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Section (Dr. Titche, Chief), Veterans Administration Hospital.
Footnotes
Read at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, Salt Lake City, April 27, 1952.
Reviewed by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the author are the result of his own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.
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