Visceral manifestations of rheumatoid disease have recently received considerable attention. Lesions in the larynx, lung, and heart are of clinical importance. The object of this paper is to report one example of severe laryngeal involvement and another with unusual pulmonary lesions. The histochemical properties of these lesions are compared with those of a histologically typical rheumatoid no...

The diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of laryngeal epithelial changes, which are referred to here as epithelial hyperplastic laryngeal lesions (EHLL), depend almost entirely on their histological abnormalities. EHLL cover the whole spectrum of histomorphological changes with more or less expressed cellular and structural abnormalities with a preserved basement membrane (1). However, the lack o...

BACKGROUND Nasopharyngeal complaints are common among patients who present to primary care. Patients with these complaints are often referred for nasolaryngoscopy evaluation to exclude serious conditions such as laryngeal cancer. METHODS This study is a retrospective case series in which 276 charts of adult outpatients who were referred for nasolaryngoscopy were reviewed. We examined patient ...

BACKGROUND The diagnostic role of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in laryngeal atypical hyperplasia, vocal fold nodule, and laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma was examined. METHODS Specimens obtained from patients diagnosed with vocal fold nodule (n = 35), atypical hyperplasia (n = 35), laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (n = 35), and clinical parameters were evaluated retrospectively. RE...

Thyroglossal duct cyst is the most commonly seen midline congenital neck masses found in children but are not uncommon in adults. The extension of the thyroglossal duct cyst into the larynx is very uncommon. Prelaryngeal thyroglossal duct cyst in a 60 year old man is described in this report. A laryngeal malignancy was suspected because of that cystic mass eroded the thyroid cartilage. The diag...

Laryngeal schwannomas are uncommon lesions with only few cases reported. Herein we present a further case of a schwannoma of the epiglottis, occurring in a 62-year-old with a clinical history of a cutaneous malignant melanoma and laryngeal glottic keratosis. The schwannoma was incidentally discovered as a small polypoid lesion located on the laryngeal surface of the epiglottis and was removed e...

Multiple paragangliomas of the head and neck are rare conditions. Carotid paragangliomas are most common multiple paragangliomas. Laryngeal paragangliomas are very rare neuroendocrine tumors and usually are seen as symptomatic solitary lesions. We present multimodality imaging findings of incidentally detected laryngeal paraganglioma in a woman with synchronous carotid body paraganglioma and po...

In recent years, the incidence of laryngeal carcinoma has been on the increase. The aim of the present study was to examine the expression level of endothelin-1 (ET-1) in laryngeal carcinoma tissues and to establish its clinical significance. A total of 82 cases of laryngeal carcinoma tissues were examined, of which 27 cases were stage I, 34 were stage II, and 21 were stage III. The normal muco...