Ortner’s Syndrome: A Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm, A Rare Etiology Volume 3 - Issue 4

Sanjeev Asotra*, Rahul Nijhawan, Rajesh Sharma, Neeraj Ganju and Shivani Rao

• Department of Cardiology, I.G.M.C Shimla, H.P India

Received:May 24, 2021;   Published: June 9, 2021

Corresponding author: Sanjeev Asotra, Department of Cardiology, I.G.M.C Shimla, H.P India

DOI: 10.32474/ACR.2021.03.000169

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Abstract

Ortner’s syndrome or Cardiovocal syndrome is hoarseness due to left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by mechanical affection of nerve from enlarged cardiovascular structures. A middle-aged female presented to us with a long history of hoarseness of voice and exertional dyspnea. The diagnosis of pulmonary artery aneurysm presenting as Ortner’s syndrome was made.

Keywords:Ortner’s; vocal cord palsy; Cardiovocal; aneurysm; pulmonary artery; PAA; PAH

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