Laryngocele

LARYNGOCELE
176_mediumAN ENLARGEMENT/DILATION OF THE SACCULOUS OR APPENDIX FROM THE VESTIGE OF THE VENTRICLE OF MORGAGNE
OFTEN PRESENT WITH HOARSENESS, DYSPNEA, OR A NECK MASS
CAN BE EITHER EXTERNAL (MORE COMMON)—EXTEND THROUGH THE THYROHYOID MEMBRANE (THROUGH THE INT BR OF THE SLN FORAMEN) OR
INTERNAL (ENTIRELY WITHIN THE LARYNX)
EXTERNAL = NECK MASS WHICH ENLARGES NOT WITH VALSALVA(POS PULM PRESSURE AGAINST A CLOSED GLOTTIS)  BUT WITH TRUMET PLAYERS REVERSE MUELLERS (SUPRAGLOTTIC)—-FURSTENBURG’S SIGN OF THE NECK
Dx = CT SCAN WITH CONTRANST
INFECTED = LARYNGOPYOCELE
Rx = EXCISION BY LAT PHARYNGOTOMY

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