A comparative histopathological study of vocal fold polyps in smokers versus non-smokers

Abstract

Cigarette smoke has an injurious effect on vocal fold polyp epithelium and leads to increased hyaline degeneration in polyps.

Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and vocal fold nodules, polyps and oedema

“…Among patients with VF polyps, 70.0% were smokers (37.1% current smokers), which was less than among patients with oedema but more than among those with nodules. However, there are few basic investigations on this subject, and the existing studies do not give firm evidence about the effects of smoking on formation of vocal fold oedema 22 23 .…”

Incidence and Outcome of Vocal Cord Polyp: An Endoscopic Experience and Perception

“…25 About personal habits, 75.92% were smokers that also held up by other studies. 26 Every-where in the road, market, public places even in hospitals people smoke without any hesitation.…”

“…6 Almost all vocal cord polyp patients had a history of cigarette smoking, and also an industrial workers who inhaled fumes everyday causes injury to a vocal cord leading to hyaline degeneration in polyps. 7 The vocal cord polyp may be hemorrhagic or gelatinous in appearance. The upshot of hemorrhagic polyp is disruption of the vascular basement membrane, capillary proliferation, thrombosis, minute hemorrhage, and fibrin exudation.…”

Retrospective analysis of patients who were operated with a benign vocal cord pathology

“…Vokal kord poliplerinin tedavisinde gerek soğuk mikroşirurji gerekse lazer cerrahisi kullanılabilir [5][6][7]. Literatürde cerrahi öncesi muayenede vokal kord polip sıklığı %2-4 arasında bildirilmiştir [3,4]. Benign vokal kord lezyonu bulunan 641 hasta ile yapılan bir çalışmada vokal kord polipi oranı %23 olarak belirtilmiştir [8] Vokal kordun keratotik lezyonları lökoplaki ve eritroplaki olarak sınıflandırılabilir [9].…”