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Non-infective Inflammatory Conditions

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Abstract

Reinke’s space is a potential space of the true vocal cord bounded above and below by the junctions of squamous with respiratory epithelium, anteriorly by the anterior commissure, and posteriorly by the tip of the vocal process of the arytenoid. The squamous epithelium of the vocal cord and the elastic tissue of the vocal ligament represent the superficial and deep boundaries of Reinke’s space, respectively. It is suggested that, because Reinke’s space does not possess an adequate lymph drainage, blood products may accumulate in it without resolution and give rise to tissue reactions; together the blood products and their tissue reactions in Reinke’s space constitute the vocal cord polyp and some other lesions of the true vocal cord.

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  1. Department of Histopathology, UCL Medical School, Rockefeller Building, University Street, London, WC1E 6JJ, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  2. Royal Free and UCL Medical School, University of London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  3. Royal National Throat, Nose nad Ear Hospital, London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  4. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

  5. Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

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Michaels, L., Hellquist, H.B. (2001). Non-infective Inflammatory Conditions. In: Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0235-9_31

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