CHRONIC HOARSENESS : REPORT OF TWO HUNDRED CONSECTIVE CASES

1, In 200cases of chronic hoarseness, the occurrence of chronic non-specific laryngitis was the largest number accounted for 50 per cent. 2,There was an unusually close ratio, 41 to 25, of beingn to malignant new growths. 3, Carcinoma and tuberculosis were about equal in their occurrence, theformer being found in 25 patients, the latter occurring in 23. 4, Vocal cord paralysis was found to be the etioligy only tow and syphilis was one in 200 patients with chronic hoarseness. 5, A small group of four per cent were classified as miscellanceous and included cases of psychoneuroses, myasthenia gravis, hysteria and psychopathatic personality. 6, The group of patients in this series continues whis their symptom of hoarseness for a varying but prolonged period before seeking relief, the average duration of which was as follows