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  • Title: A precricoid swelling in a patient treated with Teflon injection in the vocal fold after idiopathic left vocal fold palsy.
    Author: Jol JA, Seedat RY, Skinner DW.
    Journal: J Laryngol Otol; 1998 Sep; 112(9):878-9. PubMed ID: 9876383.
    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.
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