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Laryngocele: an anatomical variant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Duncan Ingrams*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading, UK
Dominic Hein
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading, UK
Nicholas Marks
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, The Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr Duncan Ingrams, 19 Queensborough Drive, Caversham, Reading RG4 7JA. Fax: 0118 946 1103 e-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

It is commonly believed that external laryngoceles always penetrate the thyrohyoid membrane at the site of penetration of the neurovascular bundle. We present a case where the site of penetration was posterosuperior to this. Careful dissection of the neck of a laryngocele sac is important to prevent damage to the neurovascular bundle.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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