Hoarseness after laryngeal blunt trauma: A differential diagnosis between an injury to the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve and an arytenoid subluxation. A case report and literature review

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 304-307

  Schroeder, U ^a   Motzko, M ^a   Wittekindt, C ^a   Eckel, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case report; Cricothyroid muscle; Laryngeal trauma; Paresis; Superior laryngeal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX INJURY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROBOSCOPY; SUBLUXATION; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID SURGERY;

ADULT; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISLOCATIONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL NERVES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0041657757     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-002-0572-9     Document Type: Article

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