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#redirect [[Head_and_neck_pathology#Vocal_cord_nodule]]
'''Vocal cord nodule''', also '''vocal cord polyp''' and '''singer's nodule''', is a benign pathology of the [[head and neck pathology|head and neck]].


==General==
*Benign.
*[[AKA]] ''singer's nodule''.
*Etiology: overuse, mechanical trauma (?).
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref>URL: [http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970310-2 http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970310-2]. Accessed on: 4 February 2011.</ref>
*Early:
*#Edema.
*#Fibroblasts proliferation.
*Late:
*#Subepithelial hyaline / stromal hyaline.
*#Blood vessels - dilated.
Notes:
*No inflammation.
DDx:<ref>{{Ref HaNP|9}}</ref>
*[[Amyloidosis]].
*[[Granular cell tumour]].
*Spindle cell [[squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck|squamous cell carcinoma]].
*Myxoma.
*Ductal-type cyst.
*[[Rheumatoid nodule]].<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Abdou | first1 = AG. | last2 = Asaad | first2 = NY. | title = Rheumatoid nodule of the vocal cord. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 20 | issue = 5 | pages = 481-2 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1177/1066896912448426 | PMID = 22674917 }}</ref>
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Laryngeal_nodule_(1).jpg?uselang=en | Laryngeal nodule - low mag. (WC)
Image:Laryngeal_nodule_(2).jpg?uselang=en | Laryngeal nodule (WC)
</gallery>
==Sign out==
<pre>
VOCAL CORD LESION, EXCISION:
- STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITH PARAKERATOSIS AND SUBEPITHELIAL
  HYALINE MATERIAL, CONSISTENT WITH WITH VOCAL CORD NODULE OR POLYP.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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==See also==
*[[Head and neck pathology]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Head and neck pathology]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]

Revision as of 16:50, 25 February 2014

Vocal cord nodule, also vocal cord polyp and singer's nodule, is a benign pathology of the head and neck.

General

  • Benign.
  • AKA singer's nodule.
  • Etiology: overuse, mechanical trauma (?).

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Early:
    1. Edema.
    2. Fibroblasts proliferation.
  • Late:
    1. Subepithelial hyaline / stromal hyaline.
    2. Blood vessels - dilated.

Notes:

  • No inflammation.

DDx:[2]

Images

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VOCAL CORD LESION, EXCISION:
- STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITH PARAKERATOSIS AND SUBEPITHELIAL 
  HYALINE MATERIAL, CONSISTENT WITH WITH VOCAL CORD NODULE OR POLYP.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.

See also

References

  1. URL: http://www.pathconsultddx.com/pathCon/diagnosis?pii=S1559-8675%2806%2970310-2. Accessed on: 4 February 2011.
  2. Thompson, Lester D. R. (2006). Head and Neck Pathology: A Volume in Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology Series (1st ed.). Churchill Livingstone. pp. 9. ISBN 978-0443069604.
  3. Abdou, AG.; Asaad, NY. (Oct 2012). "Rheumatoid nodule of the vocal cord.". Int J Surg Pathol 20 (5): 481-2. doi:10.1177/1066896912448426. PMID 22674917.