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Minoru Hirano, MD; Shigejiro Kurita, MD; Ruriko Terasawa, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1985;111(1):59-61.

Abstract
• We treated a case of laryngeal trauma in which difficulty in high-pitched phonation was the main feature of a voice problem. We emphasize the importance of phonatory function tests in determining the mechanism of voice disorders and in monitoring the effects of treatment. Physical examination, phonatory function tests, computed tomographic scan, and electromyogram disclosed that the voice problem was caused by a fracture of the thyroid cartilage and its fixation against the cricoid cartilage. An open reduction yielded recovery of the phonatory function.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1985;111:59-61)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kurume (Japan) University.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 18, 1984.

Reprint requests to the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kurume University, 67 Asahi-machi, 830 Kurume, Japan (Dr Hirano).

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