Laryngeal Electromyography is Helpful for Cardiovocal Syndrome

Akbulut, Sevtap; Inan, Rahsan; Demir, Mehmet Gökhan; Cakan, Dogan

doi:10.14712/18059694.2016.53

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Acta Med. 2016, 59: 29-32

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.53

Laryngeal Electromyography is Helpful for Cardiovocal Syndrome

Sevtap Akbulut^a, Rahsan Inan^b, Mehmet Gökhan Demir^c, Dogan Cakan^a

^aDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
^bDepartment of Neurology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
^cDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Etimesgut State Hospital, Ankara,Turkey

Received January 4, 2016
Accepted February 8, 2016

Laryngeal electromyography is used in the evaluation of vocal cord paralysis to confirm the diagnosis, to guide the diagnostic work-up for etiology, to provide prognostic information and to help choose the correct treatment for the patient. Cardiovocal syndrome is characterised by vocal cord paralysis due to a cardiovascular disease. A wide spectrum of conditions can result in this syndrome. Here we present a case of cardiovocal syndrome in association with primary pulmonary hypertension. Laryngeal electromyography was used to guide the work-up of differential diagnosis and also for further intervention with respect to vocal cord paralysis in this patient.