Vocal fold hyalinosis in Urbach-Wiethe disease, a rare cause of hoarseness.

CONCLUSIONS: Laser resection of hyalin plaques in the vocal folds and skin is a feasible treatment for lipoid proteinosis. However, speech may remain severely limited, due to impaired tongue and lip movement.
PMID: 26563017 [PubMed - in process]

Source: B-ENT - November 18, 2015 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: B-ENT Source Type: research