Pathology of Nonneoplastic Lesions of the Vocal Folds

Çomunoğlu, Nil; Batur, Şebnem; Önenerk, Ayşe Mine

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“…The Reinke's space is the uppermost layer of the lamina propria plica vocalis , which is composed of loosely woven collagen and elastin fibers and has an average thickness of 0.3 mm. 5,6,9,11 The number of cigarettes smoked daily and the duration of exposure to cigarette smoke correlate with clinical manifestations of RE disease. Long exposure to smoke causes higher histological damage.…”

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Reinke’s Edema

Irawan,

Wulandari

2023

Advances in Health Sciences Research

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A persistent buildup of fluid in the subepithelial layer of the genuine vocal cord mucosa is known as Reinke's edema . Minimal intervention and superficial excision with edema evacuation and preservation of the medial margin of the vocal fold to enhance voice quality are the two key therapeutic tenets for Reinke's edema. We describe a case of a 65-year-old man who had smoked for 55 years and complained of dysphonia throughout the preceding year, which had become worse within the two weeks prior to admission. The patient additionally said that strenuous exercise or prolonged speech might cause dyspnea to occur. Tonsilalingualis hypertrophy grade 2 was seen during a nasopharyngoscopy, along with bilateral true vocal cord edema. Glottic region thickening and an isodense lesion at C5 level of the glottic area were both seen on the CT scan picture. The patient had vocal cord steroid injections in addition to microlaryngeal surgery. The connective tissue had subepithelial edema, according to histopathological analysis. The patient got postoperative care that included IV ranitidine 50 mg every 12 hours, IV paracetamol 500 mg every 8 hours, IV methylprednisolone 62.5 mg every 12 hours, and oral amlodipine 1 mg twice daily while in the hospital up to one day following surgery. The patient was released, and prescriptions for cefixime 200 mg twice, methylprednisolone 8 mg twice, and sodium diclofenac 50 mg twice were given. The patient was instructed to follow a customized laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) diet and to completely rest their voice for one week.

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“…Long exposure to smoke causes higher histological damage. 11,12 However, research by Tavaluc et al showed a weak correlation between the increase in cigarette use per pack and the severity of RE. Although exposure to tobacco can affect the development of RE, this study shows that more than just tobacco causes an increase in RE.…”

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Reinke’s Edema

Irawan,

Wulandari

2023

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“…Gender on its side has shown to be a more important issue in voice pathology. Women are more prone to suffer from vocal fold diseases like Reinke's edema because of their vocal fold structure [52], but gender aspects also influence the acoustical feature values obtained in signal analysis [53]. This might explain the differences in feature selection among databases: although sex is never selected as a good predictor, the proportion of male/female subjects in both healthy and pathological recordings varies throughout databases.…”

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Multicondition Training for Noise-Robust Detection of Benign Vocal Fold Lesions From Recorded Speech

2021

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“… 23 Prolonged vocal abuse results in repetitive injuries to the laryngeal mucosa, which may lead to benign inflammatory lesions of the vocal cords. 23 24 Many studies 25 26 27 28 have reported that the prevalence of hyperfunctional voice disorders is higher in individuals with a history of vocal abuse.…”

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Audiological, Phonatory and Cardiac Correlates of Individuals Exposed to Low-Frequency Noise or at Risk of Vibroacoustic Disease

Verma

Shah²,

Singh³

et al. 2022

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Introduction Low-frequency noise (LFN) is hazardous to hearing. Long-term exposure to LFN may lead to vibroacoustic disease (VAD), which not only affects a specific organ but the physiological function of entire systems, such as the auditory, phonatory, respiratory, and cardiac systems. Moreover, VAD may lead to many psychological problems and hence affect the quality of life. Objective To investigate the adverse effects of LFN on hearing, acoustic and perceptual correlates of the voice, blood pressure, cardiac rate, and anxiety level. Method A total of 20 subjects exposed to LFN and 20 not exposed to LFN were included, and a detailed case history was recorded. The patients were submitted to pure tone audiometry, otoscopic examination, acoustic and perceptual analyses of the voice, maximum phonation time, and an assessment of the s/z ratio. We also assessed blood pressure, and the results of a voice-related quality of life questionnaire and of the Hamilton anxiety rating scale. Results The results indicate that LFN had an adverse impact on the high-frequency threshold. The present study found a significant difference in shimmer and harmonics-to-noise ratio (HNR) values. Few subjects had high blood pressure and showed the sign of anxiety on the Hamilton anxiety rating scale. Conclusion Low-frequency noise has adverse effects on entire systems of the body and causes many psychological issues, which, in turn negatively affect quality of life.

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Pathology of Nonneoplastic Lesions of the Vocal Folds

Cited by 5 publications

References 47 publications

Reinke’s Edema

Reinke’s Edema

Multicondition Training for Noise-Robust Detection of Benign Vocal Fold Lesions From Recorded Speech

Audiological, Phonatory and Cardiac Correlates of Individuals Exposed to Low-Frequency Noise or at Risk of Vibroacoustic Disease

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