Extranodal presentation of B-cell lymphoma is uncommon. Isolated primary epiglottic B-cell lymphoma is even rarer. To our knowledge, there has been only one description of isolated B-cell lymphoma presenting as a large epiglottic mass. We report an unusual type of B-cell lymphoma of the epiglottis, as it could not be subtyped based on routine staining and hybridization. The lymphoma presented a...

OBJECTIVES To define the role of epiglottic anteversion in the etiology of globus pharyngeus (GP) and to evaluate the effectiveness of laser partial epiglottectomy in its treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS Four patients who admitted to our clinic between 2001 and 2003 with the complaint of GP underwent laryngoscopic examination, which revealed a structurally anteverted epiglottis that was in con...

Editor’s key points † There are few data comparing the Miller and Macintosh (MAC) laryngoscope blades in children aged ,2 yr. † In this study, similar views at laryngoscopy could be obtained with Miller and MAC size 1 blades. † The views with the Miller blade were similar when placed under the epiglottis or into the vallecula. † Views with the MAC blade were better when placed into the vallecul...

Acute infectious epiglottitis, or supraglottitis, is a potentially fatal disease. It is reported infrequently in adolescents, but its exact prevalence in this age group is unclear. We describe the course and treatment of a 16-year-old girl who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with acute infectious epiglottitis. This will be followed by a review of epiglottis in the 12-18-year age grou...

A case of primary mucosal CD30-positive T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder of the head and neck rarely involving epiglottis in a 59-year-old male was reported. Histologically, the ulcerative mucosa was affected by sheets of mixed inflammatory infiltration, with scattered large atypical lymphoid cells arranging in an individual or small clusters with focal epidermotropism. Immunohistochemically...

A 70-year-old man presenting with a chief complaint of tongue swelling had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 1 year earlier. He had been on an oral angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE) inhibitor for hypertension for 20 years. Two months before the first of 4 episodes of tongue swelling within a period of 40 days, he had been prescribed oral estramustine phosphate (EMP) for the prosta...