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Laryngopyocele (A report of two cases)

1987; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 101; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s002221510010283x

1748-5460

D. Maharaj, Carlos M. Fernandes, André Pereira Pinto,

Tracheal and airway disorders

A laryngocele is an air-filled dilatation of the saccule of the larynx. An in fected laryngocele is called a laryngopyocele. Our experience with two cases of laryngopyoceles are presented. Only 29 cases of laryngopyoceles have so far been reported in the literature (Illum and Nehen, 1980). Case one had a right-sided combined laryngopyocele and case two had a right-sided combined laryngopyocele and a left-sided combined laryngocele. Both our cases had their lesions excised via an external approach, as described by Yarington and Frazer (1966), with case two having a bilateral excision.