# Vocal Cord Polyp

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class RD99.06 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care · Vestibular Schwannoma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562312/
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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VOCAL CORD POLYP
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class RD99.06 -
         condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary
         care · Vestibular Schwannoma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK562312/
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    A benign growth on the vocal cord, often from voice overuse or smoking, causing
            persistent hoarseness; managed with voice rest, speech therapy, and ENT referral for
            microlaryngoscopy and removal if it does not improve, since there is no drug treatment.
            - Refer, with advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      A benign growth on the vocal cord, often from voice overuse or smoking, causing
            persistent hoarseness; managed with voice rest, speech therapy, and ENT referral for
            microlaryngoscopy and removal if it does not improve, since there is no drug treatment.
   Caution  No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
            RED FLAG - Hoarseness persisting beyond three weeks, especially in a smoker, needs ENT
            assessment to exclude laryngeal cancer.

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