Luciana Blasi Author

Case Report Open Access

Unexpected Vocal Cord Paralysis and Myasthenia Gravis in a Patient with Squamous Cell Lung Cancer

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Francesca De Iuliis, Lucrezia Amoroso, Luciana Blasi, Stefania Vendittozzi, Ludovica Taglieri, Gerardo Salerno, Giuseppe Buongiorno, Giorgio Bandiera, Rosina Lanza and Susanna Scarpa

Vocal cord paralysis is a voice disorder that occurs when one or both the vocal cords don’t open or don’t close properly. This often determines difficulty in swallowing and coughing by the patient, because food or liquids slip into the trachea and the lungs. Vocal cord paralysis may be caused by trauma, cancer, surgery, or intubation and it has been sometimes described to follow vinca alkaloid treatment. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder that can represent a paraneoplastic syndrome in cancer patients. We report a 55-years-old male with an advanced squamous cell lung carcinoma, presenting... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-9110.1000122

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