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Fig. 15

From: Vocal cord paralysis: anatomy, imaging and pathology

Fig. 15

Lung cancer with involvement of the aorto-pulmonary (AP) window.72 year old male smoker with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the left ear presenting with functional dysphonia caused by left VCP. a Axial contrast-enhanced CT of the larynx showing complete atrophy of the left true vocal cord (short arrow) and hypertrophy of the right true vocal cord (*). b Images at the level of the AP window showed a large supra-hilar mass in the left lung infiltrating the AP-window (arrow), thereby explaining left VCP in this patient. Biopsy revealed a non-small cell lung carcinoma

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