OBJECTIVE To show changes in the management of subglottic laryngitis over the last twenty years in Croatia. METHODS We sent questionnaires to paediatricians and otolaryngologists (ENT) in 9 Croatian hospitals in 1993, 2003 and 2013. In the questionnaire we presented a case of a child with moderately difficult subglottic laryngitis, after which they had to answer questions about the management...

Subglottic hemangioma is a rare, histologically benign congenital neoplasm. The natural history is characterized by progressive obstruction of the airways during the proliferative stage, followed by gradual regression of the obstructive symptomatology in the involutional phase. After an asymptomatic neonatal period, the infant presents a characteristic biphasic stridor as the lesion progressive...

Subglottic stenosis is rarely idiopathic. In this case report, a 40-year-old female patient presented with subglottic stenosis with an unidentified etiology along with bilateral bronchial stenosis. Hoarseness arose in the last 4 years in this patient, who was undergoing treatment because of asthma for 13 years. Her physical examination revealed the presence of bilateral rhonci. Her tomography a...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Subglottic stenosis is one of the most common causes of upper airway obstruction. Almost 90% of them result from endotracheal intubation. Therapy depends on the degree of stenosis, among other factors. Therapeutic approaches range from watchful waiting, in mild stenosis, to complex surgery for severe cases. We report our experience on the surgical management of post-...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To summarize the diagnosis, pathology, and management of glottic, subglottic, and tracheal injuries secondary to endotracheal intubation in neonates. RECENT FINDINGS Published reports of intubation-related injuries include laryngeal stenosis, subglottic stenosis (SGS), tracheal rupture, subglottic cysts, and pharyngoesophageal perforation. Such injuries are multifactorial, w...

Multiple thyroid ectopia with a normally located thyroid gland is a very rare condition. We present a 34-year old Nigerian woman who had had anterior and left-sided lateral neck swellings for the past 15 years. She was clinically euthyroid and thyroid function test results were normal. Neck ultrasonography revealed multinodular goiter with extension to the left pre-auricular area. Fine Needle A...

Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a disease caused by necrotising vasculitis of small and middle blood vessels of upper and lower respiratory tract and kidneys of unknown etiology. ENT symptoms develop in more than 90% of patients and tracheobronchial involvement occurs in about 20% of patients, most often as a subglottic stenosis. Subglottic stenosis occurs usually as a late complication of dis...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Subglottic involvement in squamous cell carcinoma is a determining factor for contraindicating conservative partial surgery. The subglottis is easily identified by axial computed tomography sections. The present study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of false-negative and false-positive results, and the overall accuracy of staging by computed tomography, in order to detect...

Objective. Subglottic squamous cell carcinoma (SCCa) is a rare malignancy representing \5% of all laryngeal cancers. Patients often present with late-stage disease, and survival outcomes are reportedly worse than those for SCCa in other regions of the larynx. Study Design. Analysis of a population-based tumor registry. Setting. Academic medical center. Subjects and Methods. The US National Canc...

Background: Goiter is thyroid enlargement, which is the most common visible symptom of iodine deficiency. Some studies have shown iodine deficiency in water, soil, and food in many places worldwide.We aimed to determine the prevalence of goiter and the association between urine iodine levels in children with severity and prevalence of goiter in mountainous villages of Kashan city (center of Ira...