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Thorax 2000;55:436-437 ( May )

Case report

Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy associated with mediastinal amyloidosis Philip Conaghan, Darryl Chung, Roger Vaughan

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich NR1 3SR, UK

Correspondence to: Mr P J Conaghan email: conaghan{at}conaghanp.freeserve.co.uk

Received 14 October 1998; Returned to authors 22 December 1998; Revised version received 12 April 1999; Accepted for publication 14 April 1999

Amyloidosis affecting peripheral nerves causing isolated nerve palsies is uncommon. Localised amyloidosis occurs less frequently than the reactive or immune related systemic forms, and mediastinal localisation is virtually unknown. We present a case of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy associated with mediastinal AL amyloidosis in a middle aged man.


Keywords: amyloidosis; neuropathy; mediastinum


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