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A precricoid swelling in a patient treated with Teflon injection in the vocal fold after idiopathic left vocal fold palsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. A. D. Jol ,
R. Y. Seedat  and
D. W. Skinner
J. A. D. Jol*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
R. Y. Seedat
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
D. W. Skinner
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: J. A. D. Jol, Department of Otorhinolaryngology – HNS, Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury SY3 8XQ.
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Abstract

Vocal fold palsy is a cause of dysphonia. Due to incomplete glottic closure during phonation, patients with a unilateral vocal fold palsy present with a weak and breathy voice and recurrent aspiration. To lessen the clinical manifestations of unilateral vocal fold palsy, polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) paste is one agent which has been injected into the paraglottic region, thus causing the vocal fold to move more medially. One of the complications associated with Teflon paste injection is migration of the paste into the surrounding tissues. We present a patient with idiopathic left vocal fold palsy who underwent Teflon injection to the vocal fold and subsequently developed a precricoid nodule, mimicking a cartilaginous swelling.

Keywords

Vocal fold palsyPolytetrafluoroethylene
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 9 , September 1998 , pp. 878 - 879
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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