We report a boy with severe congenital myopathy, Möbius-Poland sequence, Robin sequence, and severe developmental delay. We consider this patient to have Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome. Since this is only the seventh case reported, this case helps to define further the consistent manifestations of this recognizable phenotype. Additionally our patient shows laryngostenosis, intermittent episodes o...

conclusions endoscopic keel placement should be done with heavy suture through cricothyroid and thyrohyoid membranes. surgeons should suture the keel to the anterior laryngeal wall with specially designed lichtenberger’s needle-carriers to prevent complications such as keel aspiration, adhesion formation and imposing a second trip under general anesthetics, which put the patient at increased ri...

Preaspiration is usually associated with stops rather than fricatives, both at phonological and phonetic levels of description. This study reports the occurrence of phonetic (nonnormative) preaspiration of voiceless fricatives in Scottish Standard English (SSE) spoken in the Central Belt of Scotland. We classify it as non-normative because it is variably present in different speakers, but the d...

Ingested corrosive agents produce oropharyngeal and gastro-oesophageal injuries ranging from minor burns to severe necrosis, depending on the agent, amount, concentration and duration of exposure. A 10-year (1990-1999) study of 23 corrosive oesophagitis patients depicting the clinical spectrums and implications was done. There were 17 (74%) males and 6 (26%) females, with an average age of 16 y...

UNLABELLED Steroids are potent inhibitors of inflammation and wound repair. Local administration of steroids directly into the larynx has been reported in many laryngeal diseases. AIM The purpose of this study is to review related literature about the use of steroid injection in patients with benign, inflammatory and chronic vocal disease. METHODOLOGY We performed an electronic survey in Me...

Most acute laryngeal injuries are caused by motor vehicle accidents. Patients with multiple injuries who present with head or chest wounds should be carefully examined for signs or symptoms of laryngeal trauma. Primary patients with laryngeal injury presenting with life-threatening airway obstruction present a special problem to the accident surgeon. Tracheostomy rather than intubation is then ...

Airway management in patients with pemphigoid lesions has anaesthetic implications. We report a case of a 23 years old female with bullous pemphigoid who presented with laryngeal stenosis and critical airway narrowing. The airway was initially managed with jet ventilation. Anaesthesia was maintained with propofol infusion and ventilation was performed by introducing a size 10 French gauge sucti...

Thirty young patients with acquired laryngeal stenosis were treated by means of a laryngofissure and stenting. The age distribution suggested two subgroups: infants aged 0-2 years (n = 24), and children aged 6-16 years (n = 6). The causes of the stenosis and the treatment results were different in these subgroups. Treatment resulted in successful decannulation in 22 of 24 infants, and in 5 of 6...