[Laryngocele. Report of a case of giant laryngocele associated with occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid]

An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am. 1991;18(1):79-85.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

This gross laryngocele caused a chronic obstruction of the upper respiratory airway. Diagnosis become obvious because the aggravation of a chronic bronchopathy slightly developed, which run into a cor pulmonale chronic as well. Incidentally linked with a neck metastasis spread out from a hidden papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. The laryngocele was treated by extramucous lateral thyrotomy and the carcinoma removed through subtotal thyroidectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Papillary / complications*
  • Hernia / complications
  • Hernia / diagnosis
  • Hernia / pathology
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Diseases / complications*
  • Laryngeal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Laryngeal Diseases / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / complications*