Gender and age in benign vocal fold lesions

Objective/Hypothesis Certain lesions appear to occur predominantly in one gender or in younger or older patients. We examined a large sample from a treatment‐seeking population to describe gender and age associations of an array of benign vocal fold lesions. Study Design Retrospective review. Method...

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Published in:The Laryngoscope 2015-01, Vol.125 (1), p.191-196
Main Authors: Zhukhovitskaya, Alisa, Battaglia, Danielle, Khosla, Sid M., Murry, Thomas, Sulica, Lucian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anatomy & physiology
benign vocal fold lesion
contact lesion
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cysts
Cysts - diagnosis
Cysts - epidemiology
Female
Gender
Humans
Laryngeal Diseases - diagnosis
Laryngeal Diseases - epidemiology
Laryngeal Edema - diagnosis
Laryngeal Edema - epidemiology
Laryngeal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Laryngeal Neoplasms - epidemiology
Leukoplakia - diagnosis
Leukoplakia - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
nodule
phonotrauma
polyp
Polyps - diagnosis
Polyps - epidemiology
Precancerous Conditions - diagnosis
Precancerous Conditions - epidemiology
pseudocyst
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Vocal Cords
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective/Hypothesis Certain lesions appear to occur predominantly in one gender or in younger or older patients. We examined a large sample from a treatment‐seeking population to describe gender and age associations of an array of benign vocal fold lesions. Study Design Retrospective review. Methods The medical records and evaluations of all adult patients presenting for care over a 5‐year period were examined for demographic characteristics and lesion type. A total of 641 lesions in 602 patients were grouped into 13 broad categories, and prevalence was compared between male and female patients and three age groups. Results Pseudocysts and bilateral midfold lesions occurred principally in young (18–39 years old) females (P 
ISSN:0023-852X
1531-4995
DOI:10.1002/lary.24911