Carcass displacement

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In ear, nose and throat medicine, the carcass dislocation was the term used to describe the flaccid paralysis of one or both vocal cords as a result of a unilateral or bilateral paralysis of both laryngeal nerves (the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the superior laryngeal nerve ) or the vagus nerve . If only one vocal cord is inoperative, the voice sounds breathy or hoarse, but the other vocal cord can compensate for the loss to a certain extent. In the case of bilateral paralysis, speaking is only possible without a voice.

F. Semon (1849–1921) called cadaver positions which, according to his illustrations, correspond to the paramedian to intermediate position. M. Hajek describes the intermediary position. L. Rüedi describes a position of the vocal cords as a cadaver position in which the arytenoid cartilage in the intermediate position is rotated inward, the processus vocalis protrudes as a spike and the glottis has the shape of an "8". Ultimately, Messerschmidt's pictures show that the various positions of the vocal cords can be found on the corpse's larynx.

The term carcass displacement is therefore not clearly defined and does not correspond to the actual circumstances on the corpse. It is therefore recommended that you do not use this expression at all. The more common medical term nowadays is recurrent palsy .

In horses the clinical picture is called laryngeal whistling .

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  1. cit. after J. Jeschek: Theory and Clinic of Vocal Cord Paralysis. In: Arch. Ohr- etc. Heilk. (1953); 162, pp. 237-268.
  2. M. Hajek: Pathology and therapy of the diseases of the larynx, the trachea and the bronchi. Curt Kabitzsch, Leipzig 1932, p. 437.
  3. L. Rüedi: The diseases of the larynx. Textbook of ear, nose and throat medicine etc. 2nd edition. S. Karger, Basel 1953, p. 381.
  4. cit. according to A. Kressner: In: Med. Mschr. (1948); 2, 159
  5. J. Berendes: Recent results on movement disorders of the larynx. In: Archiv Ohr- etc. Heilk. u. Z. throat etc. healing (1956), pp. 1-172.