Introduction: Cardiovocal or Ortner’s syndrome is a rare cause of vocal cord paralysis. Damage to the left recurrent laryngeal nerve may be caused by an aortic arch aneurysm, in even rarer cases. Clinical case: A 60-year-old woman presented with hoarseness lasting for six months. Paralysis of the left vocal cord was confirmed with laryngoscopy and an aortic arch aneurysm was diagnosed on chest CT. Despite corre...
First record of the Common vole Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) for Portugal.