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Normal
Larynx Flash Video
This video shows the function of a normal
larynx
during
phonation.
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To Patient's Voice
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Functional Voice Disorder
Flash Video
This video shows a patient with a functional (non-organic) voice disorder.
The patient was a 25 year non-smoking old female who had a 1.5
pack year
history of smoking. Stress and anxiety
can often cause this disorder. Notice that although the voice is
week and tremulous the
larynx
appears normal and the patient has a normal
cough.
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To Patient's Voice
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Spastic
Functional Voice Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
in a 64 year old female with a
very tight spastic voice. The patient had onset of severe hoarseness
and a tight voice two weeks after suffering a minor stroke. She was
also scheduled to have her thyroid removed due to a suspicious thyroid
nodule. Four weeks later, two to three days before her thyroid
surgery, her voice started to improve. After surgery her voice became
completely normal.
Listen To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 3.4 min on a
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Spasmodic Dysphonia Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with spasmodic dysphonia.
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Congenital Anomaly of the
Flash Larynx
Video
This video is of a 49 year old patient
non-smoking male who has had a weak voice since birth. |
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Leukoplakia of the Larynx
Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with
leukoplakia
involving the right
true vocal cords
. The patient is a 61 year old male with 40
pack year
history
of smoking and quit smoking 6 years ago.
leukoplakia
is considered a pre-cancerous lesion.
Search PubMed for Vocal Cord Leukoplakia
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(Download Time 2.1 min on a
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Leukoplakia of the Larynx
Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with
leukoplakia on the true vocal
cords. The vocal cord mucosa is also edematous. The patient was
a 55 year old with a 35
pack year
history of smoking. The
mucosa on the vocal cords has edema.
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(Download Time 2.0 min on a
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Cancer of the Larynx Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a cancer involving the
true vocal cords
and
arytenoid. The cancer also extends onto
the
supraglottis.
This 68 year old patient had a 30
pack year
history
of smoking and quit smoking 20 years ago.
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Larynx Cancer
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(Download Time 2.1 min on a
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Cancer
of the Larynx Video
This
video shows the function of a
larynx
with a cancer involving the
anterior
true vocal cord. This 40 year old patient did not
smoke.
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Larynx Cancer
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 1.2 min on a
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Cancer of
the Larynx Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a cancer involving the anterior right
true vocal cord.
This 84 year old patient had a 75
pack year
history of smoking and had quit 4 years ago.
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Larynx Cancer
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(Download Time 33 secs on a 28
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Cancer
of the Larynx Video This video shows the
function of a
larynx
with a fixed vocal cord from a large
pyriform sinus
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laryngeal
carcinoma. This patient had a 50
pack year
history of smoking.
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(Download Time 37 sec on a
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Cancer
of the Larynx Video This video shows the
function of a
larynx
with a large tumor on the left
true vocal cord
and anterior
false vocal cords
(T2 Cancer). This patient was
85 years old and had a 35
pack year
history of smoking.
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Larynx Cancer
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 37 sec on a
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Cancer
of the Larynx Video This video shows the
function of a
larynx
with a cancer that involves both
true vocal cord
(T1b). This patient
was a 56 yr old male with a 80
pack year
history of smoking.
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Larynx Cancer
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 37 sec on a
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Cancer
of the Larynx Flash Video This video shows the
function of a
larynx
with a cancer that involves the right
true vocal cord
(T1a). This patient
was a 47 yr old male with a 50
pack year
history of smoking. She was treated with vocal cord
stripping followed by full course radiation therapy.
Learn More About
Larynx Cancer
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 37 sec on a
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Cancer
of the Larynx Video This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large T4 Cancer of the
larynx
in a 66 yr old male with a 50
pack year
history of smoking. The cancer had recurred after
initial surgery and radiation therapy and had spread into the soft
tissues of the neck and severely compromises the airway. Learn More About
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Recurrent Cancer
of the Larynx Video This
video shows the function of a
larynx
with a recurrent cancer involving the
anterior
true vocal cord. This 40 year old patient smoked
and had been treated 6 years previously with full course radiation therapy for a
laryngeal cancer.
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Larynx Cancer
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Cancer of the Larynx
Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large T2 cancer on the
supraglottis
that involves the mucosa of more than
one sub-structure (false vocal cords,
aryepiglottic fold,
arytenoid,
suprahyoid and infrahyoid
epiglottis). This patient was
63 years old and had a 80
pack year
history of smoking.
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Larynx Cancer Search PubMed for Larynx Cancer
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(Download Time 114 sec on a
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Cancer of the Larynx
Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with
 a large T3 Cancer of the
larynx
with an associated
laryngocele in a 57 yr old male with a 52
pack year
history of smoking. The patient was treated with a
total laryngectomy and postoperative radiation therapy. Learn More About
Larynx Cancer
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and Laryngocele
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 59 sec on a
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Cancer of the Larynx
Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large T3 cancer on the
supraglottis
that involved the
epiglotitis
and
pre-epiglottic space.
This patient was
65 years old and had a 55
pack year
history of smoking. Learn More About
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Cancer of the
Larynx Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large T3 Cancer of the
larynx
in a 50 yr old female with a 30
pack year
history of smoking. The cancer has
fixed the left
true vocal cord
but does not clinically compromises the airway.
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To Patient's Voice
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Cancer of the
Larynx Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a T4 cancer on the
supraglottis,
glottis
and
pyriform sinus..
This patient was
56 years old and had a 40
pack year
history of smoking.
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Carcinoma of the Larynx
Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large T1 Cancer of the right
true vocal cord
in 73 yr old male with a 30
pack year
history of smoking. The patient quit
smoking 15 years ago.
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 41 sec on a
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Carcinoma of the Larynx
Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large T1b Cancer on both
true vocal cords
and anterior commissure
in 72 yr old male with a 150
pack year
history of smoking. The patient quit
smoking 8 years ago.
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Verrucous
Carcinoma of the Larynx Video
This video shows the
function of a
larynx
with a large white plaque on the right
true vocal cord. These plaques are sometimes often benign, but in this case the
plaque is a
verrucous
cancer. Surgical removal is the treatment of choice.
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 29 sec on a
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Partial Cordectomy In the
Treatment of Vocal Cord Cancer Flash Video This video shows the function of a
larynx
after removal of part of left
true vocal cord
and treatment with radiation therapy twelve years ago. This patient was
70 years old
male and had a 50
pack year
history of smoking. Learn More About
Larynx Cancer
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Chordectomy for the Treatment of Larynx Cancer
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(Download Time 51 sec on a
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Vocal Cord Polyps and Leukoplakia
Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with vocal cord polyps and
leukoplakia. The patient is 45 years old and has a 35
pack year
history of smoking
and quit smoking 20 years ago.
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Vocal
Cord Polyp Video This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a vocal cord polyp on the right
true vocal cord. This patient
smoked one pack a day for 30 years.
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(Download Time 1.4 min on a
28 baud modem)
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Vocal
Cord Polyp Video This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a vocal cord polyp on the right
true vocal cord. The
patient is a 37 year old female with a 25
pack year
history of smoking.
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 25 secs on a
28 baud modem) |
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Vocal
Cord Polyp Video This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a vocal cord polyp on the right
true vocal cord. The
patient is a 63 year old female with a 40
pack year
history of smoking.
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 108 secs on a
28 baud modem) |
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Bilateral Vocal Cord Polyps
Flash Video
This video is from a 44 year old female patient with a 30 pack year
history of smoking.
She has had a hoarse voice for over a year. On endoscopy, she has
large vocal cord polyps. Notice how thin the overlying mucosa is
and the clear gelatinous material in the polyps allow visualization of
the vocalis tendon.
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 116 secs on a
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Bilateral Vocal Cord Polyps
Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with bilateral vocal cord polyps. This patient is a 72 year old
female who had a laryngeal mass seen on MRI scan. She smoked 1 pack
per day for 50 years and has had a hoarse voice for over 5 years.
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 121 secs on a
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Bilateral Vocal Cord Polyps
Video
This video is from a 54 year old female patient with a 45 pack year
history of smoking.
She has had a hoarse voice for over a year. On endoscopy she has
large vocal cord polyps. Notice how thin the overlying mucosa is
and the clear gelatinous material in the polyps allow visualization of
the vocalis tendon.
Search PubMed for Vocal Cord Polyp
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To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 121 secs on a
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Right True Vocal Cord Polyp Flash Video
This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large right
true vocal cord
polyp. The
patient is a 66 year old female with a 78
pack year
history of smoking.
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Larynx Ventricular Polyp Video This video shows the function of a
larynx
with a large polyp coming out of the right laryngeal ventricle and overlying the
right
true vocal cord.
This patient was 50 year old and did not smoke. The symptoms stated
6 weeks previously after she was
intubated
for surgery.
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Vocal Cord Paralysis:
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This section contains
six videos showing different types of
laryngeal
( or voice box ) paralysis.
There are five videos with a unilateral paralysis of the
true vocal cord,
four of these have paralysis of the
recurrent laryngeal nerve
and one of the
superior laryngeal nerve. One video show a bilateral paralysis due to
lung cancer. Paralysis of the
recurrent laryngeal nerve
can
present in two ways. One is an
adductor muscle
paralysis where the
cords are
abducted
or moved away from the midline. If
uncompensated, this type of paralysis produces a weak voice but good airway.
Compensation can produce a stronger voice by the working
true vocal cord
moving across the midline to meet the lateralized cord, or by
phonating
with
the false vocal cords. If a bilateral
adductor muscle
paralysis is present,
the voice will be weak and breathy but the patient will have a good airway.
The other type of paralysis is
abductor muscle
paralysis where the paralyzed
true vocal cord
is
adducted
or near the midline. In this case the
voice is strong but raspy. If a bilateral
abductor muscle
paralysis is
present, the voice will be good but serious airway obstruction may occur.
In a
superior laryngeal nerve
paralysis, the
supraglottis
is shifted away
from the paralyzed side and the
true vocal cord
is shortened and lax on the
innervated side.
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Vocal Cord
Paralysis Video (
Adductor Muscle
Paralysis -- True Vocal Cords are
abducted
or away from midline.
Compensated with the opposite true vocal cord crossing midline. ) This video shows the
function of a
larynx
with a paralyzed left
true vocal cord. The
paralyzed cord is in a
lateral
position but the working cord has compensated and can easily oppose it.
The patient had lung cancer and a left
mediastinal
mass. This patient had a 55
pack year
history of smoking.
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(Download Time 1.6 mins on a 28 baud
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Vocal Cord
Paralysis Video (
Adductor Muscle
Paralysis -
Compensated by phonating with false vocal cords. Strong Raspy Voice) This video
shows the function of a
larynx
with a paralyzed left
true vocal cord.
The patient had surgery on her left lung and
mediastinum
for cancer.
She has compensated with
phonation
or speaking with her false cords.
Thus, she has a very rough and raspy voice instead of the breathy voice as
is usually seen with vocal cord paralysis. This patient had a 55
pack year
history of smoking.
Search PubMed for Vocal Cord Paralysis
Listen
To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 46 sec on a 28 baud
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Vocal Cord
Paralysis Video (
Adductor Muscle Paralysis - Uncompensated Weak Breathy Voice ) This video shows the
function of a
larynx
with a paralyzed left
true vocal cord. The
patient has lung cancer.
She has a poorly compensated breathy voice which is difficult to understand. This patient had a 55
pack year
history of smoking.
Search PubMed for Vocal Cord Paralysis
Listen
To Patient's Voice
(Download Time 95 sec on a 28 baud
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