The movement to discredit the Wegener name is beginning to gather momentum. The chest physiciansâ group has rescinded its prize. Dr. Matteson and others, including some of the tens of thousands of American patients with Wegenerâs granulomatosis, seek a more descriptive term.
Lung cancer can affect nerves that line to the larynx (the voice box) There are some cancers that can cause hoarseness. These include cancers of larynx, throat, lungs, lymphomas, and thyroid. Even sometime a hoarse voice can be the first symptom of these cancers. The metastatic cancer can have an effect, too.
Hoarseness can also be caused by bacterial infection, overuse of the voice (such as from yelling and voice abuse or singing), trauma to the vocal cords or larynx, inhalation of irritants (smoking, etc.), chronic sinusitis, allergy, reflux of acid from the stomach (GERD), tuberculosis, syphilis, stroke and neurologic disorders (Parkinson's disease), ...