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A 25 pack year history of smoking. She has bilateral, very large polyps. On the left she is breathing in, and on the middle she is breathing out. On the right, the left vocal cord smokers polyp was treated with a pulsed dye laser (PDL) and has shrunken down. This improved her airway enough that she did not want the right polyp treated. |
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A half pack a day for 47 years. There is a white spot on the right side - leukoplakia. This sits on the smokers polyp on the right side. In the left picture, she is breathing in, so the polyp is quite visible. On the right image, she is making sound, so the polyp moves to the top of the vocal cord and is barely visible. |
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A 25 pack year smoker was losing her voice is she spoke loudly. She was able to quit smoking for four months. The polyps remained the same size. |
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A 25 pack year smoker was not bothered by the deep pitch of her voice but her doctor suggested she get a check up for cancer. The clear polyp on the left vocal cord is filled with fluid and flips inward (left photo) when she breathes in and flips out when she phonates (right). |
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Reinkes edema, otherwise known as smoker’s polyps. Most commonly found in talkative people who smoke. Usually on both vocal cords, though it may be present on only one. See case study on smokers polyps. |
