The patient was a 16-years old male who had visited our department with main complaint of hoarse voice and dyspnea.
Findings of the first diagnosis were paralysis of the vocal cords, mild deviation of the tip of the tongue and uvula, dysphagia, decreasing tendon reflex of the limbs and slight leucocytosis. No other findings were found.
By the 40th day his condition became serious with disorders of cranial nerves such as trigeminous, facial, abducense and vestibular nerves, but gradually the function of speech and ability of swallowing came back.
At the 273rd day he was discharged from the hospital though with perceptual and motor difficulties on both hands and legs.
With these clinical symtoms injured parts in the bulbul were discussed. The case was diagnosed as having acute bulber paralysis due to the inflammation of upper respiratory tract and a few considerations were given here.
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