Delayed complication of radiotherapy: laryngeal fibrosis and bilateral vocal cord immobility.
Radiotherapy is the accepted treatment for early laryngeal carcinomas with the advantage of voice preservation. It is however, not without complications. We report a case of bilateral vocal cord immobility 15 years after radiotherapy. This appears to be due to ankylosis of cricoarytenoid joint and fibrosis of the larynx.
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Department of Otolaryngology, University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur.
Raman
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D000368:Aged; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*