Hoarseness due to left recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis
was first described in 1897 by Norbert Ortner. Various
cardiopulmonary and thoracic arch aorta pathologies
associated with left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy have
been described over the last 100 years and is also known as
cardio-vocal syndrome.
We report our experience with seven cases of Ortners
syndrome due to thoracic aortic aneurysm with
compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve and
resultant hoarseness.