Journal article
Bilateral Occult Mucosal Bridges of the True Vocal Folds
Journal of voice, v 23(6), pp 733-734
01 Nov 2009
PMID: 18619785
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Abstract
A mucosal bridge of the true vocal fold is a rare, benign anatomical finding that can cause dysphonia. It has been described by some in the literature as "occult" as it is often not visibly evident on flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscopy or strobovideolaryngoscopy, but mistakenly diagnosed as a sulcus vocalis (Sataloff RT, Rosen C, Hawkshaw M. Occult mucosal bridge of the vocal fold. Ear Nose Throat J. 1997; 76(12):850).(2) Final diagnosis is usually not made until microscopic direct laryngoscopy is performed and palpation of the true vocal fold reveals the mucosal bridge (Tanaka S, Hirano M, Umeno H, Tanaka Y. Mucosal bridge of the vocal fold [Japanese].(4) Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho. 1991; 94(12):1853-1856). We describe a case of a 15-year-old boy complaining of long-standing hoarseness and found to have bilateral mucosal bridges of the true vocal folds. Previous reports cite cases of a unilateral mucosal bridge. We believe this is the first reported case of bilateral mucosal bridges.
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- Title
- Bilateral Occult Mucosal Bridges of the True Vocal Folds
- Creators
- John Gull - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineVenu Divi - Drexel UniversityMahmoud Ghaderi - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineRobert T. Sataloff - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of voice, v 23(6), pp 733-734
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 2
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000271777500014
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-70350574859
- Other Identifier
- 991019312459204721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Audiology & Speech-language Pathology
- Otorhinolaryngology