Table 2 Etiology of UVCP in our study (n = 30)
From: Unilateral vocal cord palsy during COVID-19 era: a study from a tertiary care centre in India
Etiology | Number of patients | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
1) Idiopathic | 5 | 16.67% |
2) Post surgery | 6 | 20% |
(A) Post thyroidectomy | 3 | 10% |
(B) Post CABG | 2 | 6.67% |
(C) Dual valve replacement | 1 | 3.33% |
3) Skull base osteomyelitis | 1 | 3.33% |
4) Gillian-Barre syndrome | 1 | 3.33% |
5) Post-extubation | 4 | 13.33% |
6) Post-COVID19 mucormycosis (Fig. 3) | 2 | 6.67% |
7) Mediastinal mass | 6 | 20% |
• Mediastinal lymph nodes (sarcoidosis) | 1 | 3.33% |
• Classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma (Fig. 4) | 1 | 3.33% |
• Retrosternal thyroid (Fig. 5) | 2 | 6.66% |
• Post-tuberculosis mediastinal lymphadenopathy | 2 | 6.67% |
8) Malignancy | 2 | 6.66% |
A) Thyroid | 1 | 3.33% |
B) Oesophageal (Fig. 6) | 1 | 3.33% |
10) Infarcts | 2 | 6.67% |
(A) Posterolateral medulla oblongata nonhaemorrhaging infarct (Fig. 7) | 1 | 3.33% |
(B) Postero-inferior cerebellar artery infarct | 1 | 3.33% |
11) Post-traumatic | 1 | 3.33% |