Introduction: In the latest years the diagnosis of voice disorders in children have been facilitated by the development of easy application diagnostic methods, such as videolaringoscopy. Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of the various laryngeal lesions through videolaringoscopy in children with voice complaints seen at "Setor de Laringologia do Serviço de Otorrinolaringologia do Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo". Study design: Retrospective clinical no randomized. Material and method: From March 1999 to March 2000 we analyzed 34 children. At this study, the main interest was in the sex incidence, type of laryngeal lesion, if isolated or associated; glottic closure and presence of suggestive signals of GER. Results: We found 18 children with vocal fold nodules (53%), 7 with vocal fold cyst (21%), 1 with nodular lesion (3%) and 8 with normal evaluation (23%). The children with vocal fold nodules aged 4 to 13 years, mean 9 y-old; no sex correlation. The children with vocal fold cyst aged 10 to 13 years, with an average of 11,2 years old; no sex correlation. Findings of GERD were suggestive in only one child, with diagnose of vocal fold nodules. Conclusion: The most frequent lesion in children with disphonia was vocal fold nodule, without sex correlation, mean 9 y-old.
dysphonia; children; larynx
