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Vol. 35. Núm. 5.
Páginas 315-316 (maio 2016)
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Hoarseness
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Sofia Lázaro Mendes
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, Domingos Ramos, Mariano Pêgo
Cardiology Department, Coimbra University Hospital and Medical School, Coimbra, Portugal
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A 63-year-old man presented to the hospital with gradual-onset hoarseness of three months’ duration. He had a history of smoking assessed at 58 pack-years, and no other symptoms such as cough, dyspnea or weight loss. His heart rate was 60 beats/min and blood pressure was 159/67 mmHg; the cardiac exam revealed a diastolic murmur in the aortic area. Indirect laryngoscopy revealed a paralyzed left vocal cord in paramedian position. The chest X-ray (Figure 1) showed a slight mediastinal bulge adjacent to the aortic knuckle but no pulmonary mass.

Figure 1.

Chest X-ray, showing a slight mediastinal bulge adjacent to the aortic knuckle.

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Contrast-enhanced thoracic computed tomography with frontal and sagittal reconstruction (Figures 2 and 3) was performed and revealed a saccular aneurysm of the aortic arch with dilatation up to 6.9 cm and partial thrombosis of the wall.

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Contrast-enhanced thoracic computed tomography with frontal reconstruction, showing a saccular aneurysm of the aortic arch.

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Contrast-enhanced thoracic computed tomography with sagittal reconstruction, showing a saccular aneurysm of the aortic arch.

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There was no tumor along the intrathoracic route of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). The transthoracic echocardiography was normal.

The patient underwent aneurysmectomy and his postoperative course was excellent and uncomplicated, but 12 months after surgery he has not yet recovered from RLN palsy.

Thoracic saccular aortic aneurysm is an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of RLN palsy.

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