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Article: Vocal fold plaque following triamcinolone injection.(Laryngoscopic Clinic)
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- Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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A 52-year-old music educator came to us with an 18-month history of intermittent hoarseness, loss of voice, and vocal fatigue in both his speaking and singing voice. He said that his problem was related directly to the heavy vocal demands inherent in his occupation. An earlier period of voice rest over the summer had failed to improve his condition. During his office visit, his voice was hoarse and breathy, and it had a raspy quality.
Strobovideolaryngoscopy revealed mild to moderate edema of the vocal folds and a right vocal fold lesion that was consistent with a subepithelial vocal fold cyst. Flexible laryngoscopy demonstrated supraglottic hyperfunction during ...