ptosis-vocal cord paralysis syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names ptosis-vocal cord paralysis syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Ptosis-vocal cord paralysis syndrome is a rare, hereditary disorder with ptosis characterized by the combination of congenital bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis and congenital bilateral ptosis. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1983.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0008665), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
6 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- HemiplegiaHPOHP:0002301
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Hypernasal speechHPOHP:0001611
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- LaryngomalaciaHPOHP:0001601
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PtosisHPOHP:0000508
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Premature birthHPOHP:0001622
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Severe short statureHPOHP:0003510
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: ptosis-vocal cord paralysis syndrome
- Also called
- tucker syndrome