Hoarseness in a Patient with Hydropneumothorax

Hoarseness is a general term used to describe any change in the quality of a person's voice that may be as a result of various etiologies, including infection, malignancy, or neurologic disorders or dysfunction. The recurrent laryngeal nerve is responsible for providing motor function to the larynx and vocal cords, and any injury or compression of the nerve could cause a person to develop a hoarse voice. Here we present a case of a male patient...