Reinke edema

Causes

Reinke’s edema is caused by chronic voice abuse and vocal damage. It is also related to smoking.

Symtoms

Reinke’s edema is one of the chronic laryngitis and its main symptom is continuous hoarsenss. Biopsy of the vocal fold is used to help diagnosis. Reinke’s edema causes the vocal folds to swell giving them a sac-like appearance.

Treatment

The conservative treatment involves removing the source of irritant in the larynx, vocal treatments, and smoking cessation. Surgeries include laryngo-micro surgery using laryngo-micro equipments or CO2 laser which removes the submucosal edema to help restore the normal vocal fold tissue.

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