title: Reinke Edema: Watch For Vocal Fold Cysts.
abstract: Reinke edema is one of the common cause of dysphonia middle-aged population, and severe thickening of vocal folds require surgical treatment. Smoking plays a major role on etiology. Vocal fold cysts are also benign lesions and vocal trauma blamed for acquired cysts. We would like to present 3 cases with vocal fold cyst related with Reinke edema. First case had a subepidermal epidermoid cyst with Reinke edema, which could be easily observed before surgery during laryngostroboscopy. Second case had a mucous retention cyst into the edematous Reinke tissue, which was detected during surgical intervention, and third case had a epidermoid cyst that occurred 2 months after before microlaryngeal operation regarding Reinke edema reduction. These 3 cases revealed that surgical management of Reinke edema needs a careful dissection and close follow-up after surgery for presence of vocal fold cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arzu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tüzüner
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirci
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yavanoglu
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurkcuoglu
authors.forename: Necmi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arslan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology*