Reinke's Edema

Smokers polyps or Reinke's edema

chris — Sun, 20 May 2012 20:01:26 +0000

Smokers polyps or Reinke's edema

Smokers polyps or Reinke's edema is caused by the combination of smoking and talking a lot. The voice is very deep because of the size of the polyps. You will see them suck inward when the patient takes a breath. After surgical removal, the vocal cords vibrate at a much higher pitch.

Tortuous capillaries in smoker's polyps

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:52:00 +0000

Tortuous capillaries in smoker's polyps

This very talkative female in her 50s has asymmetric smokers polyps. She is a 20 pack-year history of smoking. The polyps are most visible when breathing inward, where Bernoulli effect draws them into the airway.

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:50:28 +0000

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

History 57 year old female Complaints 20 years ago her voice began deepening. Now many of her clients think she is a man when on the phone with her. This is causing problems with her business. At times her voice actually stops and only air comes out. She cannot yell.

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:47:00 +0000

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

Reinke's Edema, otherwise known as smoker’s polyps. Most commonly found in talkative people who smoke. Usually on both vocal cords, though it may be present on only one. They can be asymmetric and here the left one is much larger than the right.

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:45:00 +0000

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

A 25 pack year smoker was not bothered by the deep pitch of her voice but her doctor suggested she get a check up for cancer. The clear polyp on the left vocal cord is filled with fluid and flips inward when she breathes in and flips upward when she phonates.

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

This female smoker in her 50s has a very deep, male voice. She has a 25 pack-year history of smoking cigarettes. Smokers polyps frequently sit on top of the vocal cords during phonation, so that she can close them all away together, even though they vibrate at a deep pitch.

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:40:00 +0000

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyp

She has been a half pack a day smoker for 47 years. There is a white spot on the right side - leukoplakia. This sits on the smoker's polyp on the right side. Making sound, the polyp moves to the top of the vocal cord and is barely visible.

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyps treated in the office with PDL and KTP laser

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:39:00 +0000

Reinke's Edema - Smoker's Polyps treated in the office with PDL and KTP laser

She has a 25 pack year history of smoking. She has bilateral, very large, smoker's polyps which are interfering with her breathing and her voice. She is almost always called "sir" on the telephone. On the left she is breathing out, and on the right she is breathing in.

Subtle smoker's polyp

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:52:00 +0000

Subtle smoker's polyp

These smoker's polyps were evident in a female by a speaking pitch which was in the upper male range - E3. The tiny tortuous capillaries are visible against the glassy colored background of the polyp. Compare this with the straight capillaries of a normal vocal cord. Also, the vocal cords are slightly convex even on their medial margin.

Smoker's polyps

chris — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:49:00 +0000

Smoker's polyps

Talkative female in her mid 50's who has smoked about 2 1/2 packs per day for more than 40 years. She can barely make her vocal cords vibrate.