Distribution of collagen fibers and elastic system fibers in the superficial layer of the lamina propria of the vocal fold with Reinkes edema

A fisiopatologia do edema de Reinke ainda permanece desconhecida e poucos estudos abordam sobre as alterações das proteínas fibrosas, colágeno e elastina, na matriz extracelular da prega vocal com edema de Reinke. Por isso, este estudo foi idealizado para descrever a distribuição das fibras colágenas e do sistema de fibras elásticas do espaço de Reinke com edema de Reinke comparando com a prega vocal normal e com a severidade do edema. Foram obtidas 20 amostras de pregas vocais de indivíduos com edema de Reinke, sendo nove casos com edema de Reinke grau II e 11 casos grau III. Dezessete indivíduos eram do sexo feminino e três do sexo masculino, com idade variando de 47 a 62 anos (55 ± 4,4 anos). Quinze pacientes eram tabagistas e cinco ex-tabagistas, média e desvio padrão de 22 ± 10,7 maço/ano. O tempo de disfonia apresentou média e desvio padrão de 36 ± 16,6 meses. Dez pregas vocais normais de laringes humanas excisadas foram utilizadas como controles. Os métodos da Picrossírius-polarização e da Resorcina-fucsina de Weigert com oxidação prévia pelo oxone 10% foram empregados para visualização das fibras colágenas e do sistema de fibras elásticas, respectivamente. Uma avaliação semiquantitativa foi utilizada para categorizar os resultados histológicos que foram correlacionados com a idade, consumo de cigarro, tempo de disfonia e com a severidade do edema. Evidenciou-se que o arranjo entrelaçado das fibras colágenas semelhante a uma cesta de vime observado em pregas vocais normais estava desestruturado no edema de Reinke. A desestruturação foi caracterizada por um afastamento das fibras, fragmentação, formando áreas esparsas e tomadas por um estroma mixóide de quantidade variável. Todos os casos de edema de Reinke mostraram uma maior preservação do arranjo das fibras colágenas próximo ao epitélio da prega comparada com as fibras da camada mais profunda do espaço de Reinke. O arranjo do sistema de fibras elásticas formado por fibras finas e onduladas paralelas à membrana basal do epitélio e uma rede de fibras mais finas, logo abaixo da membrana basal do epitélio observado em pregas vocais normais estava desestruturado no edema de Reinke. Na avaliação semiquantitativa observou-se que moderada e intensa desestruturação ocorreram em 90% dos casos com relação às fibras colágenas e em todos os casos para o sistema de fibras elásticas. Houve uma correlação estatisticamente significante entre a idade e o grau de desestruturação das fibras colágenas (r=0,47, p=0,037). Houve diferenças estatisticamente significantes entre os edemas grau II e III quanto à desestruturação das fibras colágenas (p=0,007) e quanto à idade (p=0,036). Observamos com este estudo que as alterações nas proteínas fibrosas presentes no edema de Reinke podem contribuir com a deformidade da prega vocalThe physiopathological mechanisms underlying Reinkes edema are still unknown and few studies addressed alterations in the fibrillar proteins, collagen and elastin, in extracellular matrix with Reinkes edema. This study was idealized to describe the distribution of collagen fibers and elastic system fibers in Reinkes space with Reinkes edema, comparing with normal vocal fold and with the severity of Reinkes edema. Twenty surgical vocal fold specimens were obtained from patients with Reinkes edema, nine cases presented grade II severity and 11 cases grade III. Seventeen subjects were females and three were males, ranging in age from 47 to 62 years (mean±SD 55 ± 4.4 years). Fifteen patients were smokers and five ex-smokers, mean±SD of 22 ± 10.7 pack-years. The duration of dysphonia ranged from 6 to 60 months (mean of 36 ± 16.6 months). Ten vocal folds from human larynges of nonsmokers cadavers were used as normal controls. The Picrosirius polarization method and the Weigerts resorcin-fuchsin stain after oxidation with 10% aqueous oxone were used for visualization of collagen fibers and the elastic system fibers, respectively. Findings were categorized semiquantitatively and correlated with age, cigarette smoking, duration of dysphonia and Reinkes edema severity. The intertwined network of collagen fibers resembling a wicker-basket found in normal vocal folds was disarranged in Reinkes edema. Disarrangement of collagen fibers was characterized by loosely arranged and fragmented fibers intermixed with varying amounts of myxoid stroma. All cases showed a better preservation of collagen fibers arrangement closer to the epithelium compared to fibers of the deeper of the Reinkes space. The elastic system fibers arrangement formed by a delicate network of thin and undulated fibers arranged in parallel to the epithelial basement membrane and a network of thinner fibers immediately below the basement membrane was disarranged. The semiquantitatively analysis showed that moderate and large areas of disarrangement of collagen fibers were found in 90% of cases and in all cases for elastic fibers. Age was significantly correlated with collagen fiber disarrangement (r=0.47, p=0.037). There was a statistical difference in collagen disarrangement (p = 0,007) and age (p=0,036) between grade II and grade III severity. In our study, the alterations in the fibrillar proteins observed in Reinkes edema may contribute to the vocal fold deformit

Uso de carbonos pirolíticos (Durasphere) no tratamento da insuficiência glótica: estudo experimental em cães Use of pyrolytic carbon coated beads (Durasphere) to treat glottic failure: an experimental study in dogs

Nenhum tecido ou substância ideal foi encontrado para a injeção em pregas vocais. O objetivo deste estudo prospectivo foi avaliar o uso do Durasphere como substância de injeção na prega vocal canina. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Em seis cães adultos foram injetados 0,3mL de Durasphere no terço médio da prega vocal direita no músculo tireoaritenoideo e 0,3mL de soro fisiológico na prega contralateral. Os animais foram sacrificados após 7 dias (três cães) e 90 dias (três cães). Analisamos os processos inflamatórios no músculo vocal e na lâmina própria das pregas vocais. RESULTADOS: No músculo vocal com Durasphere havia uma inflamação significativamente maior que no músculo controle, formouse um infiltrado linfomononuclear moderado após 7 dias e leve após 90 dias. Não observamos formação de corpos estranhos ou granulomas. Já na lâmina própria houve um processo inflamatório leve nos dois grupos, sem diferença entre eles. CONCLUSÃO: Trata-se de uma substância com biocompatibilidade comprovada em humanos, com resultados preliminares e inéditos de sua injeção em pregas vocais caninas que causou um processo inflamatório moderado no músculo vocal após 7 dias e leve após 90 dias, sem formação de corpos estranhos ou granulomas.<br>There is no ideal tissue or substance to be injected in the vocal folds. The objective of the present study was to assess the use of Durasphere in canine vocal fold injection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: in six adult dogs we injected 0.3 mL of Durasphere in the middle third of the thyroarytenoid muscle and 0.3 mL of saline solution in the contralateral vocal fold. The animals were slaughtered after seven days (three dogs) and after 90 days (three dogs). We analyzed the inflammatory process in the vocal fold and in the lamina propria of the vocal folds. RESULTS: in the vocal muscle which received Durasphere there was a significantly more intense inflammation when compared to the control muscle - there was a moderate lymphomodular infiltrate after seven days and mild after 90 days. We did not observe foreign bodies nor granulomas. On the lamina propria there was a mild inflammatory process in the two groups, without difference between them. CONCLUSION: this is a substance of proven biocompatibility in humans, with preliminary and unprecedented results and its injection in canine vocal folds caused a moderate inflammatory process after seven days and mild after 90 days, without foreign bodies or granuloma formation

Microbiology of Peritonsillar Abscesses

SummaryAim: The objective of the present study was to analyze the microbiology of peritonsillar abscesses. Methods: Thirty patients, mean age 24,2 years, with peritonsillar abscesses underwent aspiration of at least 3 mL of pus, which was cultured for aerobes and anaerobes. Results: 87% samples showed positive cultures. Aerobic or facultative aerobic bacteria were isolated from 23% aspirates, mixed aerobic and anaerobic bacteria from 60%, and anaerobic bacteria from only 3% aspirate. A total of 69 bacterial isolates (34 aerobic and 35 anaerobic) were recovered. The most common aerobic isolate was Streptococcus sp, with Streptococcus pyogenes being identified in 23% of aspirates. The predominant anaerobic isolates were Prevotella sp and Peptostreptococcus sp. Patients had received previous antimicrobial therapy in 63% cases. In this group, 1.8 isolates per specimen were recovered, a lower number than in the untreated group (3.0 per specimen). No significant difference in the species isolated was observed between these two groups. Conclusion: Peritonsillar abscess is usually a polymicrobial infection, with predominance of anaerobic bacteria. The number of agents isolated was larger in patients not previously treated with antibiotics, but the use of antimicrobial drugs did not interfere with the type of bacterium isolated

Disarrangement of Collagen Fibers in Reinke`s Edema

Objective/Hypothesis: To describe the arrangement of collagen fibers in the superficial layer of the lamina propria of the vocal folds with Reinke` edema. Study Design: Cross sectional analysis of the lamina propria of the vocal folds with Reinke`s edema (RE). Method: The picrosirius polarization method was used to study the arrangement of collagen fiber. Findings of collagen disarrangement were categorized semiquantitatively and correlated with RE severity, age, cigarette smoking and duration of dysphonia. Results: Analysis of 20 specimens of vocal folds with RE showed that the intertwined network of collagen fibers resembling a wicker-basket normally observed in vocal folds was disarranged in RE. The collagen fibers were loosely arranged, fragmented and intermixed with varying amounts of myxoid stroma. Moderate and large areas of disarrangement (90% of cases) predominated. Collagen fiber arrangement in the region underneath the epithelium was better preserved when compared with fibers in the deeper region of the superficial layer of the lamina propria. There was a statistical difference in collagen disarrangement between grade II and grade III severity (P = .007) that appeared to be due to the large areas of disarrangement observed in 73% of patients with grade III severity and in 44% of grade II severity. Age was the only variable correlated with collagen fiber disarrangement (r = 0.47, P = .037). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that the flexible framework which maintains the uniformity of the lamina propria was lost in RE caused by the disarrangement of the collagen fibers.CNPQ (Brazilian National Research Council)HC-FMUSP - Universidade de São Paulo (USP

Elastic Fibers in Reinke`s Edema

Objectives: We describe the distribution of elastic system fibers in the superficial layer of the lamina propria of Reinke`s edema, as compared with normal vocal folds. Methods: Weigert`s resorcin-fuchsin stain after oxidation with 10% oxone was used to study the arrangement of elastic fibers. The findings were categorized and afterward compared with the severity of Reinke`s edema. Results: Analysis of 20 specimens of vocal folds with Reinke`s edema showed that the network of thin elastic fibers in Reinke`s space lost their undulated appearance and had a tangled aspect. In addition, these fibers were no longer parallel to the epithelial basement membrane, but had a random distribution scattered throughout Reinke`s space. The elastic fiber network immediately below the epithelial basement membrane also appeared more fragmented in Reinke`s edema because of some alteration in organization combined with the 5-mu m-thick histologic sectioning plane. No significant difference in the degree of elastic system fiber disarrangement was observed between severity grades II and III (p = 0.382). Large areas of disarrangement were predominant (80% of cases). Conclusions: The disarrangement of elastic fibers in Reinke`s edema may cause insufficient tissue resistance and resilience, contributing to the hypermobility observed in Reinke`s edema.CNPQ (Brazilian National Research Council)HC-FMUSP (University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine