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| '''Vocal cord''', also '''vocal fold''', are the structures that make sound. | | '''Vocal cord''', also '''vocal fold''', are the structures that make sound. |
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| Pathology of the vocal cords:<ref name=pmid37174173>{{cite journal |authors=Saraniti C, Patti G, Verro B |title=Sulcus Vocalis and Benign Vocal Cord Lesions: Is There Any Relationship? |journal=Int J Environ Res Public Health |volume=20 |issue=9 |pages= |date=April 2023 |pmid=37174173 |pmc=10177882 |doi=10.3390/ijerph20095654 |url=}}</ref>
| | Clinical categorization of vocal cord pathology:<ref name=pmid37174173>{{cite journal |authors=Saraniti C, Patti G, Verro B |title=Sulcus Vocalis and Benign Vocal Cord Lesions: Is There Any Relationship? |journal=Int J Environ Res Public Health |volume=20 |issue=9 |pages= |date=April 2023 |pmid=37174173 |pmc=10177882 |doi=10.3390/ijerph20095654 |url=}}</ref> |
| *Vocal cord polyp. | | *Vocal cord polyp. |
| *[[Vocal cord nodule]]. | | *[[Vocal cord nodule]]. |
| *Reinke's edema. | | *Reinke's edema. |
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| ==Reinke's edema==
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| ===General===
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| *Associated with [[smoking]] and [[alcohol]].<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Cheah SC, Yee LW, Kok WL, Nazri Zamri FI, Baki MM |title=A Rare Cause of Acute Dyspnoea: Reinke Oedema |journal=Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg |volume=75 |issue=3 |pages=2420–2422 |date=September 2023 |pmid=37636736 |doi=10.1007/s12070-023-03714-4 |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid37772971 >{{cite journal |authors=Sato K, Kurita T, Sato F, Sato K, Chitose SI, Ono T, Umeno H |title=Pathogenesis of Reinke's Edema of the Vocal Fold |journal=Laryngoscope |volume= |issue= |pages= |date=September 2023 |pmid=37772971 |doi=10.1002/lary.31084 |url=}}</ref>
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| *Typical presentation: dysphonia.<ref name=pmid31101355>{{cite journal |authors=Tavaluc R, Tan-Geller M |title=Reinke's Edema |journal=Otolaryngol Clin North Am |volume=52 |issue=4 |pages=627–635 |date=August 2019 |pmid=31101355 |doi=10.1016/j.otc.2019.03.006 |url=}}</ref>
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| *May have DNA copy number variations - but no clearly established link to cancer.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Móz LE, Martins RH, Lapa RM, Villacis RA, Dos Reis PP, Rogatto SR |title=DNA rare copy number alterations in Reinke's Edema |journal=Braz J Otorhinolaryngol |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=279–284 |date=2023 |pmid=36243603 |pmc=10071534 |doi=10.1016/j.bjorl.2022.09.002 |url=}}</ref>
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| ===Gross===
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| Features:<ref name=pmid31101355/>
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| *Polypoid enlargement of vocal cords (unilateral or bilateral).
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| ==References== | | ==References== |