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  • Research Article   
  • Otolaryngology 2012, Vol 2(3): 120
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000120

Benign Mucosal Fold Lesion as a Cause of Hoarseness of Voice - A Clinical Study

Asif A Wani1, Ayaz Rehman1, Sajad Hamid2*, Mymoona Akhter3 and Syed Baseena4
1Department of Otolaryngology, SKIMS Medical College, , Jammu and Kashmir, India
2Department of Anatomy, SKIMS Medical College, , Jammu and Kashmir, India
3Registrar Medicine, SKIMS Medical College, , Jammu and Kashmir, India
4Department of Pathology, SKIMS Medical College, , Soura, Srinagar, India
*Corresponding Author : Sajad Hamid, Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, SKIMS Medical College, Jammu And Kashmir, India, Tel: +91-9419506978, Email: drsajadk@rediffmail.com

Received Date: Aug 04, 2012 / Accepted Date: Aug 22, 2012 / Published Date: Aug 26, 2012

Abstract

Hoarseness of voice is a common disorder seen in day to day practice of Otorhinolaryngologist. Although,
occasionally it can be a symptom of underlying malignancy, there are a variety of benign lesions causing the same. We analyzed a total number of 100 patients with history of hoarseness of voice for at least six months in whom the cause of hoarseness was the presence of a benign vocal fold lesion. Malignancies, vocal cord paralysis and Neurological lesions were excluded from the study. We found that vocal nodules were the commonest benign mucosal vocal fold lesion, (37% patients); followed by vocal polyps in 26%, LPR 23%, Reinke’s edema in 4%, intracordal cyst in 4%, contact ulcer in 3%, saccular cyst in 2% and papillomatosis in 1% of the patients.

Citation: Wani AA, Rehman A, Hamid S, Akhter M, Baseena S (2012) Benign Mucosal Fold Lesion as a Cause of Hoarseness of Voice - A Clinical Study. Otolaryngology 2:120. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000120

Copyright: © 201 2 Wani AA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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