The case of laryngopyocele and acute respiratory disorder

• Authors: Agata Gierlotka , Marin Michow

Abstracts

EN

Laryngocele is an air-filled or fluid-filled abnormal dilatation of the laryngeal saccule. The paper presents a case of tracheotomy in acute respiratory disorder due to laryngopyocele in a 76-year old woman. The patient complained of swelling of the neck for 3 days before being admitted to the hospital. The tracheotomy was performed to quickly secure the Airways prior to progression of swelling. Computed tomography examination showed the presence of bilateral mixed-type laryngocele ‒ on the right air-filled and on the left fluid-filled. First, the acute infection was treated with antibiotics which were followed by surgical excision of laryngopyocele via an external approach. Tracheotomy removal was performed a few days after surgery. A review of the literature is also presented.

Keywords

EN

larynx; mixed type laryngocele; laryngopyocele

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polski Przegląd Otorynolaryngologiczny
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 7(3)
• Pages: 44-49

Dates

published

2018-09-14

Contributors

author

Agata Gierlotka

author

Marin Michow

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.4748