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Laryngeal Photos: Mucosal disorders: More Vocal nodules

For information about the character of vocal nodules see diagnosing benign mucosal disease.

19 yo female vocal overdoer with a singing impairment.
18 yo singer lost her voice 4 months ago and singing impaired since.
27 yo teacher with chronic hoarseness. Treated surgically. Right photos are six weeks post surgery. The most right photo demonstrates well the muscle memory from having lived with vocal elevations for some time and will require speech therapy to close the cords together.
nodule and polyps in ABduction nodule and polyps 38 yo choral director. She has broad based vocal elevations or polyps and then on top of that a left vocal nodule.
Contact the author: James P. Thomas, MD

Updated 11 May 2006