Hoarseness of voice: Clinicopathological profile of 100 cases

Objectives: to study the clinicopathological profile and associated symptoms of hoarseness of voice. design: prospective. setting: department of ent avicenna medical college/hospital,lahore period: from may 2011 to may 2012. material and methods: the majority of patients were admitted through ent out patient department. the data was collected on the basis of history,physical examination,investigations,management and follow up. results: in the present study of 100 cases,66 were males and 34 females with m:f ratio of 2:1 and age ranged from 10-86 years with majority of cases (31%) in 4th decade of their life. all patients had history of hoarseness of voice with maximum number of patients (54%) having duration of disease between one month to one year. conclusion: whether the patient notices vocal fatigue or says that it's harder to go with a worsening voice as the day progresses,the underlying cause of hoarseness must be found. proper knowledge of clinicopathological profile is important to treat it competently and to bring the patient voice back .considering this fact in mind,the study was designed in 100 patients irrespective of their age,sex and duration of disease. chronic non specific laryngitis was found to comprise largest group responsible for hoarseness followed by carcinoma larynx.