VOCAL PROCESS GRANULOMATA

Citation
Dj. Mcferran et al., VOCAL PROCESS GRANULOMATA, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 108(3), 1994, pp. 216-220
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
108
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
216 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1994)108:3<216:VPG>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The case records and histology of 34 patients with vocal process granu lomata were reviewed. The five patients presenting most recently with idiopathic vocal process granulomata were investigated by axial comput erized tomography (CT). Increased density of the arytenoid cartilage o n the side of the lesion was found in all five cases. It is suggested that this indicates cartilage ossification, secondary to periochondrit is. This perichondritis, playing either a primary or a secondary role in granuloma development, may explain the annoying tendency of vocal f old granulomata to recur after excision.