BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The incidence of acquired laryngeal stenosis is increasing. This retrospective study aimed to assess the long term results of circumferential resection with end-to-end tracheal anastomosis for isolated post-intubation stenosis of the cervical trachea, and to review the relevant literature. METHODS Twelve male and two female patients (aged 16-30 years, mean age 24 yea...

Fraser syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder in which the life expectancy is <1 year. The main features are cryptophthalmos, ear, nose and skeletal malformations, syndactyly, laryngeal stenosis and malformation of the uro-genital system, lungs, liver and central nervous system (CNS). We report the clinical, laboratory and post-mortem findings of this condition in an elderly woman aged 96 ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To retrospectively analyze our experience of transoral laser microsurgery (TLM) for treating postoperative laryngeal obstruction (POLO) after supracricoid and supratracheal laryngectomy (open partial horizontal laryngectomy [OPHL]) types 2 and 3, and to investigate potential relationships between patients' clinical features and their functional outcomes. STUDY DESIGN A r...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS We report the first case of laryngeal stenosis with granuloma in a patient with severe congenital neutropenia (SCN). STUDY DESIGN Case report and retrospective review. METHODS Review of medical records. RESULTS A 6-year-old female who was diagnosed with SCN presented with a cough and wheezing. An endoscopic study revealed laryngeal stenosis with granuloma. Tracheotom...

SIEBENMANN (1908) described lipidproteinosis, and the condition was subsequently reported as a clinical entity by Urbach and Wiethe (1929). During infancy and early childhood a structureless eosinophilic substance develops under the epithelium of the skin and upper respiratory tract. Hoarseness is followed by a skin eruption giving a pale, yellow-brown, pock-marked appearance, especially on the...

Myasthenic gravis may affect both inspiratory and expiratory muscles. Respiratory involvement occurred in almost all patients with myasthenia gravis in all clinical forms of the disease: 332 lung function tests done in 324 myasthenic patients without respiratory symptoms (age 34.6 +/- 18.3 years) were examined. Lung volumes analysis showed that all the patients of both sexes with generalized or...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Laryngotracheal stenosis usually occurs as a result of injury from endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy placement. With an estimated incidence of 1% to 22% after these procedures, chronic sequelae ranging from discomfort to devastating effects on quality of life, and even death, make this complication a potential litigation target. We examined federal and state court re...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to compare the preventive effects of corticosteroids and curcumin on subglottic stenosis in an animal model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-one male German Shepherd dogs were used for this study. After standardized trauma to the subglottic area, the dogs were divided into three groups. Group A received curcumin (450 mg/ day) for 15 days; Group B received b...

Tuberculosis is universally a common and serious complication in leprosy patients. This is as true at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Carville, Louisiana, as in leprosaria in other countries (1, 2). Of 607 patients dying in the hospital among 1,512 admitted prior to July I, 1950, 141 have had moderately 'Or far-advanced active tuberculosis at the time 'Of death. Thus tuberculosis was ...

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition characterized by calcification and ossification of soft tissues, mainly ligaments and enthesis. Dysphagia is the commonest complaint, stridor secondary to osteophyte compression has rarely been documented. The osteophytes may cause symptoms by mechanical compression or by inducting inflammatory reaction. When an upper segment of the...