Metastatic calcification of the true vocal cords as a cause of hoarseness

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1994 Nov;103(11):849-51. doi: 10.1177/000348949410301104.

Abstract

Visceral soft tissue calcification is common in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, metastatic calcification of the true vocal cords has not been described. We present a patient with chronic renal failure and hoarseness in whom an exophytic true vocal cord mass was diagnosed as a metastatic calcification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcinosis / complications*
  • Calcinosis / pathology
  • Calcinosis / surgery
  • Female
  • Hoarseness / etiology*
  • Hoarseness / pathology
  • Hoarseness / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Laryngeal Diseases / complications*
  • Laryngeal Diseases / pathology
  • Laryngeal Diseases / surgery
  • Vocal Cords*