• Primary care · Mar 2025

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    Vocal Cord Disorders.

    • Bernadette Pendergraph, John Cheng, Claudia Alvarez, and Simran Singh.
    • Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine Residency Program, Harbor-UCLA/Team to Win/Kaiser Permanente Sports Medicine Fellowship, 1403 West Lomita Boulevard Suite 105, Harbor City, CA 90710, USA; Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Electronic address: bpendergraph@dhs.lacounty.gov.
    • Prim. Care. 2025 Mar 1; 52 (1): 123137123-137.

    AbstractVocal cord disorders present with a variety of symptoms including dysphonia, respiratory symptoms, and stridor. When evaluating symptoms, a complete history and through head, neck, and neurologic examinations are necessary. If dysphonia persists for greater than 4 w or there is associated smoking, then larngoscopy is necessary to evaluate the vocal folds. Empiric treatment of dysphonia is not recommended without direct visualization of the vocal folds. Most masses of the vocal folds are benign and resolve with voice hygiene and speech therapy. Surgery is reserved for persistent symptomatic nodules and cancerous lesions.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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