Difference between revisions of "Vocal cord nodule"

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*Myxoma.
*Myxoma.
*Ductal-type cyst.
*Ductal-type cyst.
*[[Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck]].<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Soylu | first1 = L. | last2 = Aydogan | first2 = B. | last3 = Tunali | first3 = N. | last4 = Ozsahinoglu | first4 = C. | title = Report of a rare case of vocal fold carcinoma that was obscured by a prominent vocal fold polyp. | journal = Ear Nose Throat J | volume = 78 | issue = 8 | pages = 601-2 | month = Aug | year = 1999 | doi =  | PMID = 10485155 }}</ref>
*[[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>
*[[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>



Revision as of 17:02, 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]

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VOCAL CORD LESION, EXCISION:
- STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM WITH PARAKERATOSIS AND STROMAL EDEMA, CONSISTENT
  WITH BENIGN VOCAL CORD NODULE OR POLYP.
- NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY.
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. Soylu, L.; Aydogan, B.; Tunali, N.; Ozsahinoglu, C. (Aug 1999). "Report of a rare case of vocal fold carcinoma that was obscured by a prominent vocal fold polyp.". Ear Nose Throat J 78 (8): 601-2. PMID 10485155.
  4. 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.