Figure 1From: Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy complicating subclavian line insertion: a case report Axial computed tomography through the vocal cords. Computed tomography with contrast from the skull base to the superior mediastinum. No mass was demonstrated along the course of the vagus, or recurrent laryngeal nerve, in the neck, or in the superior mediastinum. Note the abducted left vocal fold in the above slice through the vocal cords.Back to article page