Presence of bilateral vocal cord palsy with stridor: A case study on an unusual complication of scrub typhus

Chitta Ranjan Mohanty; Snigdha Bellapukonda; Zaid Shaikh

doi:10.5339/jemtac.2021.11

ISSN: 1999-7086
E-ISSN: 1999-7094

oa Presence of bilateral vocal cord palsy with stridor: A case study on an unusual complication of scrub typhus
المؤلفون: Chitta Ranjan Mohanty¹, Snigdha Bellapukonda² and Zaid Shaikh³
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االانتسابات المهنيه ¹ Department of Trauma and Emergency, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar- India, Email: [email protected] ² Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar- India ³ Department of ENT and HNS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar- India
Source: Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care, Volume 2021, Issue 3, نوفمبر ٢٠٢١, 11
DOI https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.11
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- المقبول: ٠٥ سبتمبر ٢٠٢١
- تاريخ النشر الكترونيا: ٢٩ سبتمبر ٢٠٢١

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Several studies have reported on developing neurological complications following scrub typhus, however vocal cord palsy (VCP) symptoms in this case have never been reported. This work reports on a case where a twelve-year-old male child has been presented to the emergency department with stridor due to bilateral vocal cord palsy as a complication of post-scrub typhus infection.

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Presence of bilateral vocal cord palsy with stridor: A case study on an unusual complication of scrub typhus

Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care 2021, 11 (٢٠٢١); https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.11

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نوع المستند: Case Report

الموضوعات الرئيسية scrub typhus and vocal cord palsy

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