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. 1988 Dec;64(758):958–959. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.758.958

Distended oesophagus as a cause of bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy.

L S Wickramasinghe ¹, C R Chowdhury ¹, S S Pillai ¹, S Ghosh ¹

PMCID: PMC2429103 PMID: 3256817

Abstract

We report an unusual case of bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy caused by gross oesophageal distension due to achalasia.

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