Pathologic Findings in Gouty Cricoarytenoid Arthritis

Abstract
• The clinical manifestations of cricoarytenoid joint gouty arthritis have been previously reported. They include hoarseness, dysphagia, and dysphonia. Exacerbation of gouty laryngeal arthritis can accompany multiple joint involvement or appear as a single joint manifestation. The development of laryngeal symptoms in the patient with arthritis calls for prompt indirect laryngoscopy. The phonatory and sphincteric functions of the larynx are severely altered by limited cricoarytenoid joint fixations. (Arch Otolaryngol 102:27-29, 1976)

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