Aetiology of Hoarseness in Patients    above 40 Years of Age

, Faaz  Mahdi  Mhabish; , Rahi  Al  Yasiri

	Aetiology of Hoarseness in Patients above 40 Years of Age
Al-Qadisiah Medical Journal
Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 74-79 PDF (0 K)
Authors
Faaz Mahdi Mhabish; Rahi Al Yasiri
Abstract
Objectives: this study is designed to determine the most common causes of hoarseness in patients above 40 years of age and the relationship between hoarseness causes and its duration. Patient and Methods: the study is cross sectional study. It considers 80 patients with hoarseness who were assessed between april 2011 and December 2011 at E.N.T. outpatient clinic ;department of otolaryngology in AL Diwaniya Teaching hospital. In AL Diwaniya city . Iraq. Results :out of the 80 patients ,57 had hoarseness because of non neoplastic causes giving an incidence of 71,25% (infective laryngitis n= 23,28.75% ,acid laryngitis n =17,21.25% , allergic laryngitis n =13,16.25,% , vocal cord palsy n =2, 2.5,%, psychogenic n =2,2.5%, ) while hoarseness occured in the remaining 23 patients as aresult of neoplastic causes, giving an incidence of 28 , 75% (laryngeal carcinoma n = 12 , 15 % vocal cord polyp n =6 , 7.5 % ,vocal c. nodule n = 3, 3.75% ,laryngeal cyst n =1 ,1. 25% granuloma n = 1,1.25% , benign tumor n = 0,0 %) we also found that hoarse patients for aduration of more than one month were; likely to have aneoplastic cause more than non neoplastic cause Conclusions: the incidence of non neoplastic causes of hoarseness in patients more than 40 year old are more common than neoplastic causes. Moreover. hoarse patients who have alonger duration of hoarseness have amore chance to have neoplastic cause than non- neoplastic cause.

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