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Reinke’s edema, also called ‘polypoid corditis,’ is a swelling of the entire layer of the superficial lamina propria (or Reinke’s layer), a structure crucial to normal voice function. It occurs exclusively in smokers, and some have proposed that it is a reaction to repeated exposure of the vocal folds to the heat of inhaled cigarette smoke.
