Inflammation

Fungal laryngitis from Advair inhaler

docvox — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:05:05 +0000

Fungal laryngitis from Advair inhaler

Chronic use of Advair inhaler along with intermittent doses of prednisone lead to a recurrent fungal laryngitis. The white patches grow on the edges of the vocal cords.

Fungal laryngitis from Flovent

docvox — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:43:00 +0000

Fungal laryngitis from Flovent

I had seen her 3 months earlier for her tracheostomy tube which had been removed and she had completely normal vocal cords at that point. The swelling beneath her vocal cords is from the previous tracheostomy tube scar. She then developed hoarseness, which I would attribute to using a Flovent inhaler.

Fungal laryngitis

docvox — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:50:00 +0000

Fungal laryngitis

She has used steroid inhalers and develops recurrent fungal infections of the larynx. Presently she is on Pulmicort when the current infection developed. She has almost no voice. The vocal cords are very stiff and during stroboscopy the edges do not align.

Chronic bacterial laryngitis

docvox — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:41:00 +0000

Chronic bacterial laryngitis

Bacterial laryngitis: This 73-year-old male had intermittent hoarseness in the past. 6 weeks prior to his visit he developed hoarseness that did not go away. On his exam, he had a red, dry, crusty irritation.

Tuberculosis of the larynx

chris — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:23:13 +0000

Tuberculosis of the larynx

Laryngeal tuberculosis in an ethnic Asian who developed a cough when he returned to his home country for a symposium. He had been treated for laryngeal tuberculosis many years ago. He again had tuberculosis in his sputum and these lesions on his left vocal cord. He was again treated for tuberculosis.

Supraglottitis or epiglottitis

chris — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:16:10 +0000

Supraglottitis or epiglottitis

Coccidiomycosis

chris — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:14:00 +0000

Coccidiomycosis

Many years ago he was diagnosed with coccidiomycosis in central California and treated. He then came to my office with shortness of breath and noisy breathing. The coccidiomycosis was growing at the back of his larynx and closing off his airway by keeping the vocal cords from coming apart and also from the mass effect of the coccidiomycosis.