BACKGROUND This case report is interesting as cases of children with laryngeal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor are not common and previously had been presented as isolated case reports. This is the first case report in Asia describing a laryngeal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor and its removal using an endoscopic approach. CASE PRESENTATION Our patient is a 12-year-old Malay girl from S...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Hoarseness is a symptom of laryngeal dysfunction, without an existing consensus regarding its appropriate evaluation. A survey of laryngeal specialists is proposed to establish expert opinion on the methodology for evaluation of hoarseness, and to identify divergence of opinion regarding appropriate management. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. METHODS A 13-item que...

While several risk factors have been identified as leading to laryngeal injury during general anesthesia, the quality of endotracheal intubation has not been clearly implicated. Accordingly, Mencke et al. recruited 80 healthy volunteers scheduled to undergo elective ear surgery and randomly assigned them to one of two groups. The first group received 0.5 mg/kg atracurium prior to intubation, wh...

Adult laryngeal hemangiomas (ALH) are clearly defined, with a bluish red color, appearing most often in the region of glottis and supraglottis. The principal symptom is hoarseness, occasional hemoptysis, advanced cases, dysphagia difficulty breathing. patient was 55-year-old female suffering from hoarseness for long time, experiencing shortness breath last 1 year she referred to our clinic emer...