Granulomas of the vocal cord

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These vocal cord granulomas have been removed several times and have also fallen off several times and they tend to reform.

 

In his first view, he had had a granuloma remove six months earlier and then his voice became hoarse again.

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 One month later it had enlarged.

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Triamcinolone, a steroid was injected into this large granuloma in the office.

One month later, the large granuloma has disappeared, perhaps falling off. He did not recall coughing it out.

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 One year later

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 four months later

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one year later

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 this time he had surgery to excise the granuloma.

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 my suspicion is that the underlying problem is bowed vocal cords that allow the vocal processes to traumatically collide with one another.