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Article: Dense vocal fold scar.(LARYNGOSCOPIC CLINIC)
- Article from:
- Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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A 39-year-old pharmaceutical representative and aerobics instructor presented to us with voice complaints. Two months earlier, she had had a left vocal fold cyst removed by another otolaryngologist. She had been informed postoperatively that the cyst was deep and that she had hemorrhaged into the vocal fold. She had been placed on 1 week of voice rest after surgery. She returned to work 3 weeks after surgery, but she became progressively more hoarse. One month postoperatively, she was reevaluated by her otolaryngologist and informed that another mass had arisen on the left vocal fold. She came to us for a second opinion.
The patient's medical history was otherwise ...