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Microlaryngoscopic and histopathological studies in hypothyroidism and goitres

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Microlaryngoscopic studies were conducted in 7 cases of hypothyroidism and 18 cases of benign goitres. Histopathological observations were made in all hypothyroid cases and 17 goitres. Pale and thickened vocal cords with sub-epithelial oedema were found in all cases and mild to moderate accumulation of mucopolysaccharides in the subepithelial stroma of vocal cords in 71% of the cases of Hypothyroidism.

In cases of goitres, oedematous vocal cords were detected in 28%, pale irregularly thickened vocal cords in 33% and vocal nodules in 11% of the cases. Acid mucopolysaccharide accumulation in the vocal cords was noted in 2 cases of diffuse goitres. Left vocal cord palsy in one case of solitary nodular goitre was also noted.

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  1. Brahmapur Nahabam, 795 001, Imphal

    H. H. Sharma (Junior Resident)

  2. the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110 029, New Delhi

    S. K. Kacker (Professor and Head)

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Sharma, H.H., Kacker, S.K. Microlaryngoscopic and histopathological studies in hypothyroidism and goitres. Indian J Otolaryngol 37, 31–33 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02994948

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