Risk factors for the appearance of minimal pathologic lesions on vocal folds in vocal professionals

Cryptococcal infection of the vocal folds.

Cryptococcosis of the larynx is rare. In this manuscript we present a case of laryngeal cryptococcosis with a clear history of pigeon exposure. Cryptococcal laryngitis may present as hoarseness without other typical symptoms, even in immunocompetent individuals.

Autologous fat augmentation of the vocal folds.

Autologous fat augmentation of the vocal folds has become widely adopted as a means of vocal rehabilitation in patients with deficient glottal closure. In general, the injection method using autologous tissues has no problems regarding safety issues such as infection of unknown cause, but the period of continuous effect is not constant because absorption may occur after injection. In 99 cases d...

Rheumatoid nodules of the vocal folds.

Deformation analysis of the vocal folds

Videostroboscopy is an examination which yields a permanent record of the moving vocal folds. Thus, it allows the diagnosis of abnormalities which contribute to voice disorders. In this paper, in order to nd and quantify the deformation of the vocal folds in videostroboscopic recordings, an active contours (snakes) based approach is used to delineate the vocal folds in each frame of the videost...

The fascinating study of human vocal folds.

Referências 1. Hirano M. Morphological structure of the vocal cord as a vibra-tor and its variations.