Fig. 5
From: Endoscopic approach to hyperplastic laryngeal lesions: a literature review and personal experience
a Pachydermia of vocal folds: elevated lesions with well-defined white plaque appearance affect the posterior third of the right vocal fold and the middle third of the left vocal fold. b The moment of diathermy snare excision of the lesion of the right vocal fold. c The moment of Nd:YAG laser ablation of the residual lesion of the right vocal fold. d Twelve months after laser ablation of glottic pachydermia: no visible lesions