Persistent Unilateral Sore Throat: Should It Be Included in the 2-Week Wait Referral Criteria by NICE

Table 4

Final diagnosis of patients referred through 2 ww pathway.

Diagnosis	Frequency	Percent
Head and neck malignancy	57	4.2
Laryngopharyngeal Reflux	454	33.2%
No abnormality /reassured	240	17.6%
Functional dysphonia	96	7%
Globus pharyngus	76	5.6%
Reactive /Normal lymph nodes	57	2.8%
Benign salivary glands lesions	38	2.8%
Idiopathic unilateral vocal cord Palsy	36	2.6%
Reinke's oedema	25	1.8%
Infections	23	1.7%
Vocal cord nodules	19	1.4%
Septal deviation	17	1.3%
Cervical lipoma	16	1.2%
Laryngeal polyps	12	0.9%
Sebaceous Cysts	12	0.9%
Retention tonsillar cysts	10	0.8%
Cervical TB	7	0.5%
Hyperkeratosis vocal cord	7	0.5%
Laryngeal papillomatosis	5	0.4%
Mild cord dysplasia	5	0.4%
Moderate vocal cord dysplasia	3	0.2%
Cervical toxoplasmosis	2	0.1%
Bronchogenic carcinoma	2	0.1
Granuloma arytenoid	2	0.1%
Vallecular cysts	2	0.1%
Neurofibroma	2	0.1%
Carotid body tumour	2	0.1%
Thyroglossal cyst	2	0.1%
Other diagnosis	138	10.1%
Total	1367	100%