1. Laryngomucocele as an unusual late complication of subtotal laryngectomy. Case report
- Author
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François Devars, François Jm, L. Traissac, X. Carrat, and Dominique Carles
- Subjects
Larynx ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mucocele ,Laryngectomy ,Lesion ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Postoperative Complications ,medicine ,Carcinoma ,Humans ,Laryngocele ,030223 otorhinolaryngology ,Laryngeal Neoplasms ,Aged ,business.industry ,Late complication ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Complication ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed - Abstract
We report an unusual case of laryngomucocele occurring after subtotal laryngectomy. Laryngoceles generally have a congenital origin in a long-preexisting saccule, and their association with laryngeal carcinoma is well known. Laryngocele is usually favored by the increase of intraglottic pressure caused by the laryngeal carcinoma. However, an iatrogenic secondary laryngomucocele occurring after a surgical procedure is uncommon. We report in detail the physiopathologic conditions leading to the creation of this lesion.
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- 1998