Bilateral Occult Mucosal Bridges of the True Vocal Folds
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2009
Abstract
A mucosal bridge of the true vocal fold is a rare, benign anatomical finding that can cause dysphonia. It has been described by some in the literature as "occult" as it is often not visibly evident on flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscopy or strobovideolaryngoscopy, but mistakenly diagnosed as a sulcus vocalis (Sataloff RT, Rosen C, Hawkshaw M. Occult mucosal bridge of the vocal fold. Ear Nose Throat J. 1997; 76(12):850).(2) Final diagnosis is usually not made until microscopic direct laryngoscopy is performed and palpation of the true vocal fold reveals the mucosal bridge (Tanaka S, Hirano M, Umeno H, Tanaka Y. Mucosal bridge of the vocal fold [Japanese].(4)Nippon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho. 1991; 94(12):1853-1856). We describe a case of a 15-year-old boy complaining of long-standing hoarseness and found to have bilateral mucosal bridges of the true vocal folds. Previous reports cite cases of a unilateral mucosal bridge. We believe this is the first reported case of bilateral mucosal bridges.
Publication Title
Journal of Voice
Volume
23
Issue
6
First Page
733
Last Page
734
PubMed ID
18619785
Recommended Citation
Gull, John; Divi, Venu; Ghaderi, Mahmoud; and Sataloff, Robert T., "Bilateral Occult Mucosal Bridges of the True Vocal Folds" (2009). PCOM Scholarly Papers. 144.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/144
Comments
This article was published in Journal of Voice, Volume 23, Issue 6, November 2009, Pages 733-4.
The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.04.003
Copyright © 2009 Elsevier B.V.