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Left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: an unusual presentation of histoplasmosis
E H Gilbert1, K D Murray, J Lucas
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of histoplasmosis seen as left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis in a 49-year-old man is described. The patient had roentgenographic findings of a solitary, noncalcified left upper lobe mass and mediastinal adenopathy. Tissue diagnosis of histoplasmosis was obtained using a thoracotomy, allowing institution of appropriate treatment.