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Hoarseness Causes

Aka: Hoarseness Causes, Laryngitis Causes
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  1. See Also
    1. Hoarseness
    2. Hoarseness History
  2. Causes: Primary Intralaryngeal
    1. Acute Laryngitis
      1. Viral Laryngitis
      2. Bacterial Laryngitis
      3. Acute Epiglottitis
      4. Croup
      5. Bacterial Tracheitis
    2. Chronic Laryngitis
      1. Tobacco smoke exposure
        1. Irritative Laryngitis with edema of Vocal Cords
      2. Voice abuse (most common cause)
      3. Gastroesophageal Reflux (Reflux Laryngitis)
      4. Laryngeal Neoplasm
      5. Foreign Body Ingestion
      6. Laryngeal Polyp
      7. Traumatic Granuloma from intubation
  3. Causes: Secondary Intralaryngeal
    1. Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscle Weakness
      1. Hypothyroidism
      2. Myasthenia Gravis
      3. Bulbar palsy (severe Dysphagia also present)
    2. Cricoarytenoid joint arthritis or fixation
      1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
      2. Gout
      3. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
      4. Trauma (e.g. Intubation)
  4. Causes: Laryngeal Nerve Damage (left recurrent laryngeal nerve)
    1. Surgical Procedures (Thyroid, neck, chest)
    2. Malignancies
      1. Thyroid Cancer
      2. Esophageal Cancer
      3. Lung Cancer
    3. Neuropathy
      1. Diabetic Neuropathy
      2. Viral Neuropathy
  5. Causes: Functional Hoarseness (no organic cause)
    1. Dysphonia Plicae Ventricularis
    2. Spastic Dysphonia
    3. Aphonia (complete absence of voice)
  6. References
    1. Dworkin (2008) Otolaryngol Clin North Am 41(2):419-36
    2. Feierabend (2009) Am Fam Physician 80(4): 363-70

Hoarseness (C0019825)

Definition (NCI) Harsh and raspy voice secondary to laryngeal infection, voice overuse, irritants inhalation, vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord polyps, and malignant neoplasms arising from or spreading to the larynx.
Definition (NCI) A disorder characterized by harsh and raspy voice arising from or spreading to the larynx.
Definition (MSH) An unnaturally deep or rough quality of voice.
Concepts Sign or Symptom (T184)
MSH D006685
ICD10 R49.0
SnomedCT 206974000, 50219008, 158311009, 162391002, 139661005, 139663008, 139664002, 162393004
English Hoarseness, Hoarsenesses, HOARSENESS, Hoarse voice quality, VOICE HOARSENESS, [D]Hoarseness, Hoarseness symptom NOS, [D]Hoarseness (context-dependent category), hoarseness (symptom), hoarseness, [D]Hoarseness (situation), Hoarseness symptom NOS (finding), Hoarseness of Voice, Voice Hoarseness, Hoarseness [Disease/Finding], husky voice, hoarse, hoarse voice, Hoarseness;voice, Hoarseness, Voice, Hoarse, Hoarseness - throat symptom, Hoarseness symptom, Voice hoarseness, Croaky voice, Husky voice, Hoarse (finding), Hoarse voice, Hoarseness of voice, hoarseness of voice
French ENROUEMENT, Voix enrouée, Enrouement de la voix, Enrouement
Portuguese ROUQUIDAO, Rouquidão da voz, Voz rouca, Rouquidão
Spanish RONQUERA, Voz ronca, [D]ronquera (categoría dependiente del contexto), Hoarse, [D]Hoarseness, [D]ronquera (situación), [D]ronquera, Hoarseness symptom NOS, carraspera, síntoma de ronquera, SAI (hallazgo), síntoma de ronquera, SAI, voz ronca (hallazgo), voz ronca, Ronquera
German HEISERKEIT, Heiserkeit der Stimme, heisere Stimme, Heiserkeit
Dutch heesheid van de stem, hese stem, heesheid, Heesheid
Italian Raucedine della voce, Voce roca, Voce rauca, Raucedine
Swedish Heshet
Japanese ｻｾｲ, 嗄声, さ声, しわがれ声
Czech chrapot, Chrapot v hlase, Chraptivý hlas, Chrapot
Finnish Käheys
Russian OKHRIPLOST', ОХРИПЛОСТЬ
Polish Chrypka
Hungarian Rekedtség
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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