Laryngology Flashcards
Most common pathogen in viral laryngitis
Rhinovirus
Can also see parainfluenza, RSV, adenovirus, flu, pertussis
What are the clinical tools used to assess for LPR?
Reflux Symptom Index (RSI)
Reflux Finding Score (RFS)
Where is tuberculous laryngitis typically located?
Posterior glottis (interarytenoids)
Forms of chronic infectious laryngitis
Tuberculous laryngitis
Syphilitic laryngitis
Rhinoscleroma of larynx
Leprosy
What can cause laryngeal chondritis?
Relapsing polychondritis (50% of RP pts)
Radiation
Infectious (TB, syphilis, septic laryngitis)
What is the most commonly involved laryngeal cartilage involved in laryngeal chondritis?
Thyroid cartilage
How do the various fungal laryngitis bugs look?
Candida: White plaques
Histo/Blasto: Ulceration
Coccidio: Nodule
What are the benign laryngeal tumors?
Chondroma
Granular cell tumor
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis
Most common site in the larynx for a chondroma
Posterior cricoid cartilage (hyaline)
Where do laryngeal granular cell tumors arise from?
Schwann cells in the posterior true vocal fold or arytenoids
What is seen on histology of laryngeal granular cell tumors?
Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia (often confused for SCCa)
Presentation of laryngeal sarcoid
Supraglottic submucosal mass
epiglottis most common
Presentation of laryngeal GPA
Mucosal ulcerations
Subglottic mass/stenosis
Presentation of laryngeal amyloidosis
Supraglottic mass covered by mucosa
Which laryngeal joint is most commonly affected by RA?
Cricoarytenoid
What laryngeal sites are involved in wegener’s, sarcoid, and amyloid?
Sarcoid: Supraglottis
Amyloid: Supraglottis
Wegener’s: Subglottis
What should you have patients say if you believe them to have ADductor spasmodic dysphonia?
ABductor?
ADductor: 80-89
ABductor: 60-69
Treatment for ADductor spasmodic dysphonia
Botox injection into the thyroarytenoid muscle
How does a person’s voice change in response to hearing loss?
SNHL: Louder
CHL: Louder or sometimes quieter
What causes diplophonia?
Recruitment of false cords or asymmetric mass
What is seen on laryngoscopy in VCD?
Posterior glottic chink
What type of stridor is heard with supraglottic obstruction?
Inspiratory
What type of stridor is heard with glottic obstruction?
Inspiratory or biphasic
What type of stridor is heard with subglottic obstruction?
Biphasic