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Reversible paclitaxel-induced vocal cord paralysis with later recall with vinorelbine.

Choi BS, Robins HI

Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792, USA.

Described is the first reported case of paclitaxel-induced recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis in a patient receiving adjuvant therapy for breast cancer. This rare form of neuropathy was reversible at 3 months, but it was re-induced 11 months later when the patient received vinorelbine.

Published 20 November 2007 in Cancer Chemother Pharmacol, 61(2): 345-6.
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