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Vocal fold sulcus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Stephen T. S. Lee*
Affiliation:
Lecturer Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
S. Niimi
Affiliation:
Professor Research Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.
*
S. T. S. Lee F.R.C.S.Ed., Lecturer, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Vocal fold sulcus is a cause of dysphonia which has not been recognized until recently. Awareness of its existence combined with use of laryngostroboscopy would enhance the management of this group of patients. Five such cases were treated initially by voice therapy and subsequently combined with microlaryngeal Teflon injections of the vocal cord. Representative photomicrographs and the end results of treatment are presented. A good voice, subjectively and objectively, was obtained in three patients, with satisfactory improvement in the other two.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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