Laryngitis (Larynx Inflammation): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

  • Reflux laryngitis – Laryngitis secondary to gastroesophageal reflux disease (synonyms: GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); gastroesophageal reflux disease (reflux disease); gastroesophageal reflux; reflux esophagitis; reflux disease; Reflux esophagitis; peptic esophagitis) – inflammatory disease of the esophagus (esophagitis) caused by the pathological reflux (reflux) of acid gastric juice and other gastric contents.
  • Reinke’s edema (hyperplastic laryngitis).
  • Spastic bronchitisinflammation of the bronchi, leading to their narrowing.
  • Vocal fold nodules, so-called “singer nodules” (cause: poor vocal technique causes excessive tone of the vocalis muscle, resulting in vocal fold nodules).

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

  • Diphtheria (true croup) – notifiable infectious disease.
  • Tuberculosis (consumption) – infectious disease that affects mainly the lungs.

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).

  • Laryngeal carcinoma (cancer of the larynx)
  • Larynxpapillomatosis (laryngeal papillomatosis) – papillomas (benign tumor) of the larynx, usually manifested by hoarseness or chronic shortness of breath (in children).
  • Vocal fold polyps or cysts

Injuries, poisoning, and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).

Caution!If hoarseness persists for more than three weeks, a laryngoscopy should always be performed.