RESUMO Objetivo investigar a ocorrência de queixa vocal autorreferida no uso profissional da voz em atores profissionais teatro; correlacionar presença com três protocolos autoavaliação do impacto uma alteração vocal: Escala Sintomas Vocais (ESV), Desconforto Trato Vocal (EDTV) e Índice Desvantagem -10 (IDV-10); verificar quais são mais robustos à detecção possível disfonia nessa população. Mét...

ABSTRACT Dynamic vocal analysis (DVA) is an auditory-perceptual and acoustic assessment strategy that provides estimates on the biomechanics aerodynamics of production by performing frequency intensity variation tasks using voice spectrography. The objective this experience report to demonstrate use DVA in functionality dysphonic non-dysphonic individuals, with a special focus laryngeal muscula...

Introduction: An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare tumor of intermediate malignant potential. It may occur in a wide range of anatomical locations. One-third are found in the respiratory tract. We report two cases of IMT of the airway diagnosed at our institution.   Case Report: Case 1: A 6-year-old male child presented with a 1-month history of hoarseness of the voice. On ...

prevalence of thyroid nodules diagnosed by ultrasonography has been reported to be high (about 50%) probably due to iodine deficiency in our region. most thyroid nodules benign but some require treatment for cosmetic reasons or subjective symptoms. the conventional method of treatment in iran is surgery. for the first time in iran, from february 2016, 50 patients with 63 nodules (solid or cysti...

Determining the change in the pulmonary nodule size is a critical measurement for cancer diagnosis and therapy evaluation. In this study, an image-processing method that quantifies the nodule volume change based on computed tomography (CT) images is proposed. The proposed method consists of the following four steps: CT image interpolation, pulmonary region segmentation, nodule extraction, and n...

Appearance of a thyroid nodule has become a daily occurrence in clinical practice. Adequate thyroid nodule assessment requires several diagnostic tests and multiple medical appointments, which results in a substantial delay in diagnosis. Implementation of a high-resolution thyroid nodule clinic largely avoids these drawbacks by condensing in a single appointment all tests required for adequate ...

BACKGROUND In lung cancer screening, a nodule management protocol describes nodule assessment and thresholds for nodule size and growth rate to identify patients who require immediate diagnostic evaluation or additional imaging exams. The Netherlands-Leuvens Screening Trial and the National Lung Screening Trial used different selection criteria and nodule management protocols. Several modelling...