Lithium Battery Ingestion: An Unusual Cause of Bilateral Cord Palsy

Table 1

Salient features of the cases with bilateral vocal cord palsy following lithium battery ingestion.

Authors/year	Age/sex	Time before LB removal	Endoscopic findings at the time of removal	Observation of bilateral vocal cord palsy	Presentation of BLVC palsy in postoperative period	Postoperative course
(1) Nagao et al. (2007) [7]	8 yrs/M	2 h	Erosion of postcricoids area	At day 12	Respiratory distress	No complication
(2) Bernstein et al. (2007) [6]	11 mth/F	5 h	Erosion of ant and lateral walls of hypopharynx	At day 6	Respiratory distress	Stridor with enteral feeding
(3) Hamilton et al. (2009) [5]	9 mth/F	NR	Erosion of the esophagus	At day 28	Respiratory distress	Supraglottoplasty with enteral feeding
(4) Simonin et al. (2013) [4]	16 mth/M	48 h	Erosion of oesophageal mucosa	At day 3	Respiratory distress	Posterior cordotomy with enteral feeding
(5) This case (2014)	10 mth/M	48 h	Erosion at the cricopharynx area	At day 60	Delayed respiratory distress	Tracheostomy

Key: BLVC: bilateral vocal cord palsy, yrs: years, mth: months, M: male, F: female, h: hours, and NR: not recorded.