Unilateral vocal cord palsy : finding the culprit

Abstract EN

Unilateral vocal cord palsy after recent chicken pox or varicella zoster virus infection is indeed rare.

Viral neuronitis is a self-limiting disease; with complete or partial recovery.

However, any lesions, which could compress the laryngeal nerve along its course causing unilateral vocal cord palsy, should be excluded.

Imaging studies; i.e.

computed tomography (CT) scan should be done to address this problem.

CT scans enable us to image the entire course of the laryngeal nerve as well as any lesion in the mediastinum which could compress on it.