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The spectrum of voice disorders – presentation
Published in Stephanie Martin, Working with Voice Disorders, 2020
Vocal fold cysts are usually unilateral and may be confused in appearance with vocal nodules or polyps. However, with a vocal fold cyst there is increased stiffness and absence of mucosal wave in the affected vocal fold, which may be detected on videostroboscopy as a valuable aid to diagnosis. Surgery alone is often insufficient as the increased effort to compensate for the lack of vocal closure during vibration may create a secondary muscle tension voice disorder (MTD). Voice therapy can then be very effective in resolving the secondary disorder and enabling normal function and voice recovery.
The larynx
Published in Rogan J Corbridge, Essential ENT, 2011
When the inflammation is localized to one region of the cord, cysts or polyps may develop. A vocal cord cyst forms when the oedema localizes under the coverings of the cord and remains contained within it. A vocal polyp (Figure 5.24) results from oedema more superficially in the cord, which then prolapses into the airway. Small cysts may be difficult to recognize without the aid of stroboscopic examination of the altered mucosal wave. Vocal cord polyps can also be missed without careful examination since, when large, they may hang from a thin pedicle – on inspiration they may ‘hide’ under the vocal fold, and only on expiration are they forced up into the airway to be recognized. Removal is necessary to submit the lesion to histological examination.
Synergism interaction between genetic polymorphisms in drug metabolizing enzymes and NSAIDs on upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage: a multicenter case-control study
Published in Annals of Medicine, 2022
Narmeen Mallah, Maruxa Zapata-Cachafeiro, Carmelo Aguirre, Eguzkiñe Ibarra-García, Itziar Palacios-Zabalza, Fernando Macías-García, María Piñeiro-Lamas, Luisa Ibáñez, Xavier Vidal, Lourdes Vendrell, Luis Martin-Arias, María Sáinz-Gil, Verónica Velasco-González, Manuel Bacariza-Cortiñas, Angel Salgado, Ana Estany-Gestal, Adolfo Figueiras
For each case, controls matched by the hospital, gender, and age (±5 years) were selected. To avoid selection bias due to excessive intake of NSAIDs, controls were either outpatients or patients enrolled from the preoperative unit among subjects who were about to undergo any of the following non-painful mild surgeries which were unrelated to the use of NSAIDs: plastic surgery, inguinal or umbilical hernia (strangulated or programmed), lipoma, varicotomy, prostatic adenoma, prostatic hyperplasia, thyroid nodules and thyroglossal cyst (euthyroid), eye cataract, phimosis, ear pinning, vocal cord cyst, tubal ligation, and septoplasty.
Concentration of hypoxia-inducible factor-1, glucose transporter 1 and vascular endothelial growth factor in tissue samples and serum in patients with primary laryngeal carcinoma
Published in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2022
Izabela Bronikowska, Elzbieta Swietochowska, Robert Morawski, Pawel Sowa, Eugeniusz Czecior
A control group consisted of 25 patients with benign lesions of the larynx, 10 women and 15 men aged 59.8 and 55.8, respectively. The control group included patients with vocal fold papillomatosis (n = 17), vocal fold polyp (n = 3), vocal fold cyst (n = 1), Reinke's oedema (n = 3), chronic laryngeal inflammation (n = 1).