Skip to main content
AAO-HNSF 2023 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience Main banner
Icon Legend
This session is not in your schedule.
This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.

Laryngology/Broncho-Esophagology

Making Sense of PVFMD/VCD/EILO: A Case-Based Approach

Sunday, October 1, 2023
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: 106BC

    Moderator(s)

  • VY

    VyVy N. Young, MD

    Associate Professor
    UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center
    San Francisco, California, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • JO

    Julina Ongkasuwan, MD

    Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, TX, United States

  • PB

    Paul C. Bryson, MD

    Associate Professor
    Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, OH, United States

  • LM

    Laura Matrka, MD

    Professor, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    The Ohio State University
    Columbus, OH, United States

  • JL

    Juliana K. Litts, CCC-SLP

    Assistant Professor
    University of Colorado Department of Otolaryngology
    Denver, CO, United States

Disclosure(s):
VyVy N. Young, MD: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Paul C. Bryson, MD, MBA: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Laura Matrka, MD: No relevant relationships to disclose.
Juliana K. Litts, CCC-SLP: No relevant relationships to disclose.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Otolaryngologists are often first-line evaluators of breathing and airway-related issues in patients. Dyspnea and stridor may result from a variety of causes, and the importance of the otolaryngologists’ role in performing upper airway evaluation cannot be overemphasized. The clinical entities of paradoxical vocal fold motion disorder (PVFMD), vocal cord dyfunction (VCD), and exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) are both commonly encountered and yet often misunderstood reasons for patients’ dyspnea complaints. This course provides a multi-disciplinary case-based approach to these entities, including perspective from both laryngology and speech-language pathology experts. Emphasis will be placed on recognizing diagnostic clues to help identify this entity, discussing pros and cons of various types of diagnostic testing, and reviewing what treatment options otolaryngologists can provide for these patients. Recommendations for patient counseling and guidance of expectations will also be reviewed. Understanding, identifying, and managing PVFM/EILO is critical to optimize patient care, improve patients’ symptoms, and avoid unnecessary tests or interventions.

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 1: Describe various potential contributing factors/causes for suspected PVFM/EILO

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 2: Discuss extent and nature of appropriate work-up for suspected PVFM/EILO

OUTCOME OBJECTIVE 3: Review treatment options and expectations for suspected PVFM/EILO

BACKGROUND STATEMENT: This panel addresses an identified knowledge gap at the AAO. All presenters are experienced laryngology clinicians and have published or presented on this topic. Geographic and gender diversity is represented.