Hybrid operation for a distal aortic arch aneurysm causing left recurrent nerve palsy - Ortner's syndrome

Laryngo- rhino- otologie
R KoppJ Berndt

Abstract

A left recurrent nerve palsy caused by left atrium hypertrophy, dilatation of the left pulmonary artery or a thoracic aortic arch aneurysma is named Ortner's syndrome. We report the case of a 84-year old male patient with a posttraumatic aneurysm of the distal aortic arch known for 20 years, which became symptomatic by new presentation of an acute hoarseness caused by a left sided recurrent nerve palsy due to rapid aneurysma expansion. Because of the aneurysma localization, the advanced age and the patient?s morbidity he was treated by a hybrid procedure with an extrathoracic reconstruction of the supraaortic arteries by a right to left carotid-carotid bypass and transposition of the left subclavian artery followed by endovascular implantation of aortic stent grafts for aneurysma exclusion. The left recurrent nerve palsy remained unchanged until now. Aneursms of the distal aortic have to be considered as a rare cause of a left-sided recurrent nerve palsy. Recent advances in endovascular therapy combined with supraaotic vascular reconstruction offers a less invasive therapeutic option for some of these patients.

Citations

Jul 30, 2010·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery·George J Koullias, Grayson H Wheatley
Jun 25, 2015·Journal of Medical Case Reports·Upul PathiranaRavinda Samarasinghe

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