2017 Volume 58 Issue 4 Pages 346-349
A 40-year-old female patient with bamboo nodes caused by ankylosing spondylitis was treated by voice therapy and medical treatments with successful results. Endoscopic examination showed white band lesions in the middle of both vocal folds. The lesions of this case were thought to be vocal fold nodules attributable to vocal abuse. The condition of the vocal fold lesions and hoarseness changed in parallel with acute exacerbation or improvement of the ankylosing spondylitis. It was posited that both bamboo nodes and vocal fold nodules existed in this case.
This is the first report about bamboo nodes in ankylosing spondylitis. In clinical treatments, the vocal fold lesions of underlying autoimmune diseases should be considered for the possibility of bamboo nodes.
