Giving Voice to Cardiovocal Syndrome: A 26-Year-Old Woman With Hypophonia and Dysphagia.

ABSTRACT: Are children's hospitals only for children? Practically speaking, they and their associated specialty clinics often provide necessary medical and surgical care for patients older than 18 years, especially those with medical complexity. For this reason, pediatric practitioners must be familiar with both childhood-onset conditions and problems common in older and larger individuals. This case report describes a 26-year-old woman with CHARGE syndrome (coloboma/cranial nerve palsy, heart defects, atresia of the choanae, restricted development/growth, genitourinary abnormalities, ear abnormalities) who presented to a children's hospital with hypophonia and dysphagia and was ultimately diagnosed with left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy due to untreated sleep apnea and uncontrolled congestive he

SUBMITTER: Ehrenberger KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10725325 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature