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[Cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged (report of 51 cases)].

Q.Q. Wu, Xishan Dai, Li Ju

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged. METHOD: Fifty-one patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged were retrospectively analyzed. RESULT: The main cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged was malignant tumor. CONCLUSION: Extralaryngeal malignant tumor should be greatly suspected in aged with unilateral vocal cord paralysis. When the cause could not be identified through systematic examination, the patient should be followed up regularly.

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged. METHOD: Fifty-one patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged were retrospectively analyzed. RESULT: The main cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged was malignant tumor. CONCLUSION: Extralaryngeal malignant tumor should be greatly suspected in aged with unilateral vocal cord paralysis. When the cause could not be identified through systematic examination, the patient should be followed up regularly.

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged. METHOD: Fifty-one patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged were retrospectively analyzed. RESULT: The main cause of unilateral vocal cord paralysis in aged was malignant tumor. CONCLUSION: Extralaryngeal malignant tumor should be greatly suspected in aged with unilateral vocal cord paralysis. When the cause could not be identified through systematic examination, the patient should be followed up regularly.

Key concepts: Medicine, Paralysis, Cord, Vocal cord paralysis, Surgery

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