title: Vocal fold bridge: a complication of a sulcus cyst surgery.
abstract: Vocal fold bridges are rare pathologies and mostly coincidentally discovered in direct laryngoscopy. Although the pathophysiology of formation is not well established, it is attributed as a primary pathology that accompanies sulcus and related vocal fold disorders. This paper presents a vocal fold bridge formation in a professional singer after surgical removal of a sulcus cyst formed as a sequela with typical histologic findings resembling the primary bridges. This case report addresses a very rare unpublished complication of a phonomicrosurgical procedure and implicates the evidence of trauma in the etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, Turkey. ikocak@yeditepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: Gaffar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Muzeyyen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Nil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Comunoglu
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D009790:Occupations; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology*