Voice Disorders
Voice disorders can be caused by a number of conditions. Change in the quality of the voice ranges from mild hoarseness to aphonia. It is extremely important to exclude laryngeal carcinoma, which is easily treated in the early stages but has a poor prognosis once metastatic spread has occurred.
Causes
Neoplastic
Figure 65 Laryngeal carcinoma.
There is a verrucous squamous cell carcinoma of the left vocal folds. The entire length of the vocal fold is involved by this exophytic growth.
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy
Other
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