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Photo- and electroglottographical recording of the laryngeal vibratory pattern during different registers
Endoscopic Findings of Early Stage Vocal Fold Cancer
To describe early cancerous and precancerous lesions of the laryngeal vocal folds as well as of the
most common differential diagnoses, based on a series of microlaryngoscopic photographs. Some
introductory remarks about terminology and the classification of epithelial lesions of the vocal folds
are included. The paper ends with some comments as to the management of epithelial thickenings
(or leukoplakias) of the vocal folds. Malignancy should be suspected as long as it has not been ruled
out by histologic diagnosis on adequate biopsies, which is the only way to correctly evaluate the character
of such lesions. Precancerous lesions should be controlled by regular follow up examinations
as carefully as invasive carcinomas (posttreatment), because there is a high tendency for recurrences
or for later development of malignancy in these cases
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