Ectasia

Capillary ectasias with polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:22:39 +0000

Capillary ectasias with polyp

Capillary ectasias and a polyp are present on the right vocal cord. Less prominent ectasias are also present on the left cord.

Radiation telangiectasia

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:20:49 +0000

Radiation telangiectasia

Radiation telangiectasias on the vocal cords 10 years after radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma.

Ectasia, hemorrhage, polyps on a rock singer

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:19:07 +0000

Ectasia, hemorrhage, polyps on a rock singer

Rather severe changes to vocal cord from vocal overuse in a rock singer. There is a polyp on the left that stands out and prevents complete closure of the vocal cords. There are ectasias on the surface of the vocal cords and within the polyp. At least one blood vessel has ruptured recently on the left.

Tortuous Capillaries

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:17:06 +0000

Tortuous Capillaries

Dilated capillaries are visible in the middle portion of this female's vocal cords. She is a vocal over doer. She has ruptured the normal capillaries and when they healed, they healed in a tortuous, dilated pattern. The most problematic capillaries of the ones on the edge of the right vocal cord.

Hemorrhage into a polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:14:43 +0000

Hemorrhage into a polyp

Case study (multiple photos): Nearly 50-year-old female with a hoarse voice for 15 years. The left vocal cord polyp has blood within it. This is visible on the office exam, but more clearly visible at the time of surgery when rigid endoscopes can be placed up next to the vocal cord.

Large, twisted capillaries induced to grow by radiation therapy

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:10:12 +0000

Large, twisted capillaries induced to grow by radiation therapy

Case study (multiple photos): Radiation telangiectasias. Many years ago this woman had a vocal cord cancer treated with radiation therapy. She has been a horse for the past 15 years. The dilated, tortuous capillaries visible on her vocal cords are very typical in form in nearly every one after radiation therapy treatments to the vocal cords.

Capillary Lake

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:08:28 +0000

Capillary Lake

Capillary ectasia in a rock singer with a polyp. The polyp would be the primary cause of any hoarseness or singing impairment because it is on the edge of the vocal cord and prevents closure of the vocal cords. This allows the air to leak out when making sound.

Capillaries form a granuloma after surgical removal of a cancer

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:06:45 +0000

Capillaries form a granuloma after surgical removal of a cancer

Case study (multiple photos): Nearly 60 years old, a cancer (squamous cell carcinoma) was removed from the entire right vocal cord three months earlier. He still had a hoarse voice and a red bump on the vibrating edge of his right vocal cord.

Vocal ectasias or hemorrhagic polyps on the vocal cord margin

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:02:21 +0000

Vocal ectasias or hemorrhagic polyps on the vocal cord margin

Case Study (multiple photos): Man in his 30s who yells at a lot of football games. He has bilateral hemorrhagic polyps. These consist of dilated capillaries on the vocal cord margin. When he speaks, these will fill with blood and become larger making his voice progressively more hoarse with use. Summary: They were removed with surgery.

Ectasia

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:36:41 +0000

Ectasia

Case study (multiple photos): A female elementary school music teacher in her 40s notes two years of loss of singing capabilities for five months after school starts. She has definate improvement over the summer when she uses her voice less. She has had problems with high soft singing for a longer period. She has voice fatigue.

Ectasia within polyp from chanting

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:30:06 +0000

Ectasia within polyp from chanting

Capillary ectasias and polyp - rather large, from rather aggressive chanting.

Ectasia within a vocal polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:27:40 +0000

Ectasia within a vocal polyp

A capillary ectasia located within a polyp. On the vibratory edge this ectasia is easily ruptured causing hemorrhage into the polyp.

Ectasias after a traumatic intubation

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:25:30 +0000

Ectasias after a traumatic intubation

This person had a general anesthetic. She lost her voice after the procedure. She was told that it was a difficult intubation. I suspect the shed a tear in her right vocal cord near the posterior edge. I believe these capillary ectasias formed during the healing process after this vocal cord trauma.