Vocal Fold Bridge: A Complication of a Sulcus Cyst Surgery
JOURNAL OF VOICE, vol.24, no.2, pp.240-241, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 24 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2010
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.07.002
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF VOICE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.240-241
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Vocal fold bridges are rare pathologies and mostly coincidentally discovered in direct laryngoscopy. Although the pathophysiology of formation is not well established, it is attributed as a primary pathology that accompanies sulcus and related vocal fold disorders. This paper presents a vocal fold bridge formation in a professional singer after surgical removal of a sulcus cyst formed as a sequela with typical histologic findings resembling the primary bridges. This case report addresses a very rare unpublished complication of a phonomicrosurgical procedure and implicates the evidence of trauma in the etiology.