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
EISSN: 1999-7094

oa Presence of bilateral vocal cord palsy with stridor: A case study on an unusual complication of scrub typhus
Authors: Chitta Ranjan Mohanty¹, Snigdha Bellapukonda² and Zaid Shaikh³
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Affiliations: 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, Nov 2021, 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.11
- Received: 26 August 2021
- Accepted: 05 September 2021
- Published online: 29 September 2021

Abstract

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

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Keyword(s): scrub typhus and vocal cord palsy

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

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