Case Of Post-Measles Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis In Childhood Presenting With Recurrent Upper Respiratory Infection In Adult

Vocal cord paralysis is due to involvement of vagus nerve or distant branch of recurrent laryngeal nerve, it may occur as a consequence of encephalitis. Commonest cause of encephalitis is herpes simplex. Encephalitis may occur as a complication of measles. But bilateral vocal cord involvement in case measles is rare and till date no case has been detected. We has described a case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis as a consequence of encephalitis due to measles.