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Query: UMLS:C0030552 (
paresis
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 69-year-old man presented with acute stridor and was found to have the
superior vena cava syndrome
and bilateral laryngeal
paresis
. A clinical diagnosis of malignancy was made, but before any definite investigations could be made an emergency operation had to be performed to relieve the trachea. On operation the patient was found to have a benign goitre. The literature on the subject is discussed. Since the great majority of cases with the
superior vena cava syndrome
is caused by malignant diseases, it has been suggested that in acute cases radiation therapy should be started without a microscopic diagnosis if necessary, but such a practice must be warned strongly against.
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PMID:Intrathoracic goitre with the superior vena cava syndrome, hoarseness and acute stridor. 57 39
