Voice disorders in rheumatoid arthritis
Wojnowski, W.; Karlik, M.ł; Wiskirska-Woźnica, B.; Walczak, M.
Otolaryngologia Polska 59(4): 603-606
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-6657 PMID: 16273870 Document Number: 586337
The report presents three patients with coincidence of voice disorders and rheumatoid arthritis. Material consisted of 3 females aged 39, 48 and 74 years. Methods included phoniatric examination, videolaryngoscopy, stroboscopy and acoustic voice analysis MDVP). In the two youngest patients the laryngoscopic changes were located on vocal folds, mostly as yellow nodules. The appropriate mobility of both vocal folds was found. The MDVP analysis particularly revealed changes in parameters describing perturbation of amplitude in both cases. In the third case oedema in the region of the crico-arytenoid joints and vestibular folds were observed. MDVP analysis showed slight disturbances in the parameters describing frequency perturbation.