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© 1990 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND RIGHT RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY

TANIA GORDON* and E. CAROLINE DUNN{dagger},1

*The Royal Free Hospital and North Middlesex Hospital London
{dagger}The North Middlesex Hospital and St Ann's Hospital London

Correspondence to: 1Correspondence to Dr E. C. Dunn, Rheumatology Department, H Block, St Ann's Hospital, St Ann's Road, Tottenham, London N15 3TH.

A 52-year-old woman presenting with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and a right recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy is described. The symptoms and signs resolved within days of initiating steroid therapy. This is the first reported case of recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy associated with SLE in the absence of pulmonary hypertension or laryngeal lupus.

KEY WORDS: Laryngeal nerve palsy, Systemic lupus erythematosus


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