OBJECTIVE Head and neck involvement in Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) is not unusual. However, laryngeal involvement is a relatively infrequent manifestation and ENT specialists should consider it in differential diagnosis in laryngeal lesions of AIDS patients and/or subjects from the Mediterranean area. METHODS Case report and review of the literature in English. CLINICAL CASE Male patient presenti...

We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented for evaluation of deterioration in her voice and swallowing function, which had begun after she had undergone a medialization laryngoplasty for unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Findings on examination and imaging revealed that a mass had developed adjacent to the Silastic implant that had been placed during the laryngoplasty. The superior ...

squamous cell carcinoma comprises 95% of laryngeal carcinomas. it is usually detected by laryngoscopic evaluation. imaging plays an important role in the evaluation of submucosal extension and staging of this malignancy. supraglottic, glottic and sublottic regions are separately evaluated. in supraglottic region extension of the mass to preepilottic and paraglottic spaces and cartilges invasion...

An 18-month-old male entire Bloodhound dog was presented with a six-week history of progressive inspiratory dyspnoea, stridor, dysphonia and exercise intolerance. CT scan performed elsewhere had revealed the presence of an unencapsulated nodular mass (3x1x5 cm) dorsal to the larynx and first tracheal rings. Laryngoscopy demonstrated the presence of bilateral laryngeal paralysis and distorted la...

We focus on variations in the aerodynamics of airflow patterns in the laryngeal ventricle and the false vocal folds based on a physical model for the classification of neutral and stressed speech. We modify the two-mass model to include the laryngeal ventricle, and the physical parameters characterizing airflow variations in the laryngeal ventricle under psychological stress are explored. The t...

The dog was hit by a car and immediately after the accident no abnormalities were present. One month later there were changes in phonation and dyspnea. Considerations were laryngeal paralysis, laryngeal neoplasia, abscess, cyst, granuloma, or hematoma. Laryngeal collapse due to chondromalacia was considered less likely due to the breed. The laryngeal lumen was narrow with an irregular mucosal s...

Laryngeal amyloidosis is uncommon and poorly understood, with limited long-term studies. Although primary localized laryngeal amyloidosis is extremely rare, it frequently involves the ventricles and the false and true vocal cords. We present a 58-year-old woman with localized laryngeal amyloidosis who presented no symptoms. On indirect laryngoscopic examination, the mass involved both arytenoid...

Evidence is produced for the correspondence between the oscillation regimes of an up-to-date two-mass model and laryngeal mechanisms. Features presented by experimental electroglottographic signals during transition between laryngeal mechanisms are shown to be reproduced by the model.

BACKGROUND Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, composed of myofibroblastic spindle cells with acute and chronic inflammatory cells, is an unusual, benign solid mass that mimics a neoplastic process. METHODS We report a rare case of a patient with a laryngeal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. Laryngoscopy demonstrated a submucosal mass involving the right false cord. The mass was a well-enha...