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R. NICK BRYAN, MD; S. JAMES ZINREICH, MD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996;122(11):1266-1269.

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A 67-YEAR-OLD man was referred to Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, for evaluation of a nontender swelling in the right side of his neck in the region of the thyroid cartilage. It was associated with progressive hoarseness and stridor, which increased when he turned his neck to the left side. There was no significant medical illness or history of laryngeal surgery. The patient denied using alcohol or tobacco. Examination of the neck showed a right-sided, 6x8-cm, firm mass. The mass moved with deglutition. Flexible direct laryngoscopy and stroboscopy showed a right supraglottic bulge. The findings of the rest of the head and neck examination were unremarkable. A clinical diagnosis of a combined external and internal laryngocele was made. Evaluation included laboratory workup, followed by chest radiography and a contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan of the neck. It showed a nonenhancing cystic mass that was eroding the thyroid cartilage lamina with . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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