Julian De La Chapa, Rachel H Jonas, Allan A Weidman, Taylor Lear, Andrew Strumpf, Kate Joshua, Patrick O McGarey
OBJECTIVE: While Autoimmune Associated Vocal Fold Lesions (AaVFLs) have been described in many reports, there is no consensus on best practices in management. The purpose of this systematic review is to clarify the characteristics and treatment of dysphonia in the setting of AaVFLs. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review METHODS: Pubmed and OVIDMedline and Google Scholar were searched, including terms related to (1) Vocal fold/cord, rheumatoid node/nodule, bamboo nodes/nodules, laryngeal deposits/nodes/nodules and (2) Autoimmune diseases/syndromes, connective tissue disease...
December 19, 2022: Journal of Voice