Laryngitis physical examination
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anthony Gallo, B.S. [2]
Overview
Patients with laryngitis usually appear well. Physical examination of patients with laryngitis is usually remarkable for vocal fold cyst, vocal fold nodules, and swollen lymph nodes in the neck.[1][2]
Physical Examination
Appearance of Patient
- Patients are usually well-appearing.[1]
Vital Signs
HEENT
- Vocal fold:[1][2][3][4][5]
- Nodules
- Secretions
- Surface irregularities
- Granulomas
- Dysphagia
- Hemoptysis
- Odynophagia
- Wheezing
Neck
Heart
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Feierabend RH, Shahram MN (2009). "Hoarseness in adults". Am Fam Physician. 80 (4): 363–70. PMID 19678604.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schwartz SR, Cohen SM, Dailey SH, Rosenfeld RM, Deutsch ES, Gillespie MB; et al. (2009). "Clinical practice guideline: hoarseness (dysphonia)". Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 141 (3 Suppl 2): S1–S31. doi:10.1016/j.otohns.2009.06.744. PMID 19729111.
- ↑ King W, Ko S, Miller D (2016). "Recurrent High-Grade Invasive Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of Larynx: A Case Report and Review of the Literature". Rare Tumors. 8 (2): 6204. doi:10.4081/rt.2016.6204. PMC 4935825. PMID 27441076.
- ↑ Reiter R, Hoffmann TK, Pickhard A, Brosch S (2015). "Hoarseness-causes and treatments". Dtsch Arztebl Int. 112 (19): 329–37. doi:10.3238/arztebl.2015.0329. PMC 4458789. PMID 26043420.
- ↑ Reveiz L, Cardona AF, Ospina EG (2007). "Antibiotics for acute laryngitis in adults". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD004783. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004783.pub3. PMID 17443555.