Laryngeal Mass

Supraglottic Laryngeal Mass

A 60-year-old Hispanic male with a history of smoking presented to the emergency department with complaint of dysphagia for the past two months. Additional symptoms included progressive shortness of breath and stridor. CT results from an outside institution showed 80% airway obstruction. Despite the findings, the patient’s vitals were normal, with respirations of 20 and an initial room air oxyg...

Laryngotracheal Amyloidosis Presenting as a Laryngeal Mass

Amyloidosis is a disease caused by improper three-dimensional folding of precursor proteins, which results in formation of protein aggregates, amyloid fibrils, that cause cell and organ damage. Amyloidosis localized to the respiratory tract is considered rare, with a spectrum of clinical symptoms. We report a case of a 72 year old man who presented with a laryngeal mass, found to be an amyloido...

Laryngeal sarcoidosis presenting as an isolated submucosal vocal fold mass.

Sarcoidosis can affect the larynx as a manifestation of systemic disease or as isolated laryngeal involvement. Classically, laryngeal involvement affects the supraglottis, and less commonly the subglottis, and true vocal fold involvement is rare. The clinical course is often highlighted by frequent exacerbations and remissions that, when associated with vague complaints and constitutional sympt...

Correction to: Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report

Correction to: Local block and Awake Intubation in a Patient with Laryngeal Mass and Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Case Report       Hooshang Akbari1, Ravanbakhsh Esmaeili2   1 Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Paramedical, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing...

Isolated Laryngeal Amyloidosis