[Estimation larynx function after inhaled corticosteroids in the management of asthma]

The aim of study was the estimation larynx function in patients with chronic asthma after prolonged use of inhaled corticosteroids. Phoniatric examination and laryngovideostroboscopy were carried out. Patient were stayed under phoniatric et laryngologic control during the period of 12 months. Casual pharynx et larynx disorders were treated symptomatically. Dysphonia has been reported in the most of observed cases (70% patients). We explain it to be due to a laryngeal myopathy secondary to local corticosteroid effects. Larynx dysfunction was the reversible and did not depend of the corticosteroid use period.