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Laryngitis physical examination

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anthony Gallo, B.S. [2]

Overview

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

Physical Examination

Appearance of Patient

  • Patients are usually well-appearing.[1]

Vital Signs

HEENT

Neck

Heart

References

References

  1. 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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

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