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  • Ortner’s syndrome,
    • also known as cardiovocal syndrome or
    • Ortner’s cardiovocal syndrome,
    • rare condition
      • characterized by hoarseness of voice resulting from
      • compression or paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve due to cardiovascular abnormalities.
    • The most common cause
      • aortic aneurysm.
      • Other cardiovascular conditions that can lead to this syndrome include
        • aortic arch aneurysm,
        • pulmonary hypertension
        • mitral valve stenosis
    • Other symptoms may include
      • dysphagia
      • shortness of breath,
      • coughing, and
      • sometimes pain in the chest.

Mitral Stenosis

Ortner’s Syndrome
Patient has hoarseness
with mitral stenosisCXR shows a huge left atrium, with compression of the left mainstem bronchus and recurrent laryngeal nerve
Ashley Davidoff TheCommonVein.net 15409
Ortner’s Syndrome
Patient has hoarseness
with mitral stenosisCXR shows a huge left atrium, with compression of the left mainstem bronchus and recurrent laryngeal nerve
Ashley Davidoff TheCommonVein.net 15410
Ortner’s Syndrome
Patient has hoarseness
with mitral stenosis.
CXR shows a huge left atrium, with compression of the left mainstem bronchus and recurrent laryngeal nerve
Note calcification of the left atrial wall
Ashley Davidoff TheCommonVein.net 15408

 

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