Fourty-seven inpatients with hoarseness were experienced in our department during the past five years. Male patients were more frequently affected and lung cancer was most frequently experienced as an etiological disease which was evident in 21 cases. Malignant diseases were found in 30 cases out of 47 patients (64%). Hoarseness was a chief complaint in 35 cases. Recurrent nerve paralysis was noted in slightly more than 80% of cases. There was no significant difference on chest X-ray film between the cases of hoarseness with and without recurrent nerve paralysis. The recovery from hoarseness was very low and it was depended upon the characteristic of the original diseases and the efficacy of the treatment.
