Evaluation of hoarseness and dysphonia

Última revisión: 12 Sep 2025
Última actualización: 05 Apr 2024

Resumen

Diferenciales

Común

  • Muscle tension dysphonia
  • Acute laryngitis
  • Chronic laryngitis
  • Reflux laryngitis
  • Vocal fold nodule
  • Vocal fold cyst
  • Vocal fold polyp
  • Fibrous mass
  • Vocal fold scar or sulcus
  • Reinke edema
  • Presbylarynx
  • Essential tremor
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Infrecuente

  • Granuloma with/without contact ulcer
  • Recurrent respiratory papilloma
  • Hypokinetic dysarthria
  • Unilateral vocal fold paralysis/paresis
  • Bilateral vocal fold paralysis/paresis
  • Adductor spasmodic dysphonia
  • Abductor spasmodic dysphonia
  • Leukoplakia
  • Vocal fold cancer
Todos los datos

Colaboradores

Autores

Sherri K. Zelazny, MA RSLP, CCC-SLP
Sherri K. Zelazny

Speech Language Pathologist

Clinical Director

Surrey Voice Clinic

Surrey

British Columbia

Canada

Divulgaciones

SKZ declares that she has no competing interests.

Susan L. Thibeault, PhD
Susan L. Thibeault

Professor

Director of Voice and Swallowing Clinic

Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Health Sciences Learning Center

Madison

WI

Divulgaciones

SLT declares that she has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Thomas Murry, PhD

Professor of Speech Pathology

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Clinical Director of the Voice and Swallowing Center

College of Physicians and Surgeons

Columbia University

New York

NY

Divulgaciones

TM declares that he has no competing interests.

Michael M. Johns, null

Director of Emory Voice Center

Assistant Professor

Emory University Department of Otolaryngology

Emory Voice Center

Emory Crawford Long Hospital

Atlanta

GA

Declarações

MMJ declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

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Referências

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Principais artigos

Stachler RJ, Francis DO, Schwartz SR, et al. Clinical practice guideline: hoarseness (dysphonia) (update). Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Mar;158(1 Suppl):S1-42.Texto completo  Resumo

Verdolini K, Rosen C, Branski R, eds. Classification manual for voice disorders: I. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc; 2005.

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