Gallery of Laryngeal Pathology
Right vocal fold polyp. This polyp emanates from the striking zone of the right vocal fold. Left vocal process granuloma. Also present are very small vocal fold nodules.
Polypoid degeneration of the vocal folds (Reinke's Edema). Airway is almost completely obstructed.
Right vocal fold pseudocyst. These lesions have been associated with vocal fold paresis and have also been termed a paresis podule. Left vocal fold hematoma. A vocal emergency for a professional voice user. A right vocal fold submucosal cyst. Treatment requires surgical excision.
Laryngeal papilloma on the striking zone of the right vocal fold. Surgical view of laryngeal sarcoidosis.
Laryngeal papilloma. The growth incorporates the anterior 2/3s of the right vocal fold. Also present is a papilloma on left false vocal fold.
Microvascular polyp on mid-portion (striking zone) of left vocal fold. Also present are very prominent feeding blood vessels (varices) and a small reactive lesion on the mid-right vocal fold. Surgical view (reversed) of bilateral vocal fold leukoplakia. This is now treated with in-office laser (PDL) ablation.
Sulcus vocalis (vocal fold scar) on midportion of right vocal fold.
Bilateral contact ulcers at the striking zone of the true vocal folds. Surgical view of an anterior glottic web. Bilateral vocal fold nodules.
Laryngeal candidiasis. Surgical view of a large right laryngocele. This laryngocele was removed endoscopically. Leukoplakia and underlying carcinoma of the left vocal fold.

 

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