Nhận xét đặc điểm lâm sàng, hình ảnh nội soi bằng ống mềm của viêm thanh quản mạn tính ở trẻ em

Objectives: To assess the clinical and endoscopic findings of chronic laryngitis in children. Patients and methods: 40 children were diagnosed as chronic laryngitis by flexible laryngoscope. percentconducted a descripitve prospective study. Results: Common ages 4-6 (57.5 percent). Hoarseness was the main symptom (100 percent), with mild level of voice disorder (85 percent) and moderate (15 percent). Laryngeal lesions included mucosal thickening (80 percent), oedema of the arytenoids and postcricoid region (10 percent), vocal folds with opalescent colour (80 percent). Adenoid hypertrophy accounted for 70 percent of all cases. Conclusion: About the type of chronic laryngitis in children, it was seen high .incidence of common chronic laryngitis associated with adenoid hypertrophy. The flexible laryngoscope allows the examination and diagnosis of vocal fold lesions more accurately.