Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2009, vol. 18, nr 6, November-December, p. 585–588

Publication type: original article

Language: English

Evaluation of the Condition of the Larynx in Smokers with Schizophrenia

Ocena stanu krtani u palaczy chorujących na schizofrenię

Tomasz Zatoński1,, Maria Zalesska−Kręcicka1,, Maksim Tichonow2,, Jerzy Leszek2,, Katarzyna Zatońska3,, Ludmiła Waszkiewicz3,

1 Department and Clinic of Otolaryngology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

2 Department and Clinic of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

3 Department of Social Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

Abstract

Background. Lower rates of cancer in schizophrenic patients than in the rest of population have been reported for almost a century. Results from studies of cancer rates in patients with schizophrenia are highly diverse.
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to analyze and appraise the evidence concerning the relationship between explicitly nicotine−dependent laryngeal lesions and schizophrenia.
Material and Methods. Endoscopic examination was conducted in 60 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision (F 20, F 25) who smoked at least 20 cigarettes a day for at least 10 years and were hospitalized in the Clinic of Psychiatry of Wrocław Medical University.
Results. The results were compared with those of a population of adult smokers without mental disorders.
Conclusion. The presence of vocal cord atrophy was found more often in the group of schizophrenic patients.

Streszczenie

Wprowadzenie. Od wielu lat uważa się, że mimo palenia dużej liczby papierosów, osoby z rozpoznanymi zaburzeniami psychicznymi, głównie schizofrenią, rzadziej niż inni zapadają na choroby nowotworowe. Wyniki badań przeprowadzonych nad częstością raka u pacjentów ze schizofrenią są niejednoznaczne.
Cel pracy. Analiza związku między jednoznacznie tytoniozależnymi zmianami w obrębie krtani i schizofrenią.
Materiał i metody. Autorzy podjęli próbę zbadania z użyciem metody endoskopowej krtani 60 pacjentów palących od co najmniej 10 lat ponad 20 papierosów w ciągu doby ze stwierdzonymi zaburzeniami psychicznymi, głównie z grupy F 20–F 29 wg ICD−10, leczonych w Klinice Psychiatrii Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.
Wyniki. Uzyskane wyniki porównano z grupą dorosłych palaczy, u których nie stwierdzono choroby psychicznej.
Wnioski. Stwierdzono częstszą obecność niedowładu strun głosowych u pacjentów chorych na schizofrenię.

Key words

laryngeal cancer schizophrenia cigarette smoking, vocal cord atrophy, VCA

Słowa kluczowe

rak krtani, schizofrenia, palenie tytoniu, niedowład strun głosowych

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