DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2022.v10i09.013

Pages: 911-914

Bilateral vocal cords paralysis is a serious condition that can be due to pathology of the vocal fold itself, damage to the cranial nerves ensuring their mobility, or central neurological disorders. In this article, we present a case of a 13-year-old girl who was admitted to the intensive care unit postoperatively for posterior cerebral fossa tumor surgery. She was reintubated after an extubation failure as a result of laryngeal dyspnea with stridor and chest in-drawing. The examination revealed damage to III, VI, and IX nerves with the immobility of vocal cords that were abducted towards the midline. A weaning tracheotomy was performed with a good clinical evolution and the patient was discharged 13 days after the surgery with maintained follow-ups. We report this case for its rarity.