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CAPTAIN BENJAMIN RISEMAN; LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALTER J. AAGESEN

Arch Otolaryngol. 1946;43(1):22-24.

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The laryngeal neurosis is that symptom complex in which the laryngeal complaints of the patient are not attributable to organic disease but to some form of emotional conflict. That this type of neurosis is a definite clinical entity has been demonstrated by Jackson,¹ Greene,² Berendes³ and others.

The chief complaint of the 17 patients under our observation was prolonged hoarseness of rather sudden onset. Aphonia and diplophonia were rare occurrences. Sensory disturbances, such as paresthesia and hyperesthesia, were not encountered. Only one of the patients had experienced combat duty, all others having been stationed continuously within the continental limits of the United States since their induction or enlistment.

A complete clinical study was made in all cases to rule out organic disease of the larynx. Direct laryngoscopy, including the use of the anterior commissure scope or a tracheoscope, with thorough exploration of every part of the larynx and the subglottic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MEDICAL CORPS, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

Footnotes
Presented before the New England Oto-Laryngological Society, in Boston, November 15, 1944.

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