Atlas of Laryngoscopy, 3rd Edition

The third edition of Atlas of Laryngoscopy has been updated and improved upon to present the latest information from experts in the field. Each of the 146 chapters is made up of applicable case studies and color, high-resolution photographs. As the skill of diagnosis remains critical for residents, fellows, practitioners, and academics, the third edition adds new diagnostic information. It also includes new clinical observations. Covering everything from normal vocal fold anatomy to vocal fold cancer to rare traumatic injuries, there is no other book like this in the field. It is a must-have for residents and professors alike.

Table of Contents

Section I: Normal Vocal Folds 1
Chapter 1 Normal Anatomy Of The Vocal Folds 3
Chapter 2 Macula Flava 5

Section II: Techniques in Imaging and Evaluation of the Vocal Folds 7
Chapter 3 Alveolar Ridge Mucosa Protection During Suspension Laryngoscopy In The 9
Chapter 4 Vocal Fold Atrophy And Reinke’S Edema: Determining True Vocal Fold Edge 11
Chapter 5 Papilloma: A Diagnostic Near Miss 13
Chapter 6 Overcoming The Epiglottis When Laryngeal Examination Is Critical 15
Chapter 7 The Value Of Varying Vocal Frequency During Stroboscopy For Vocal Fold Masses 17
Chapter 8 Medial Margin Evaluation In Large, Overlapping Vocal Fold Lesions 18
Chapter 9 Value Of The 70° Telelaryngoscope In Microlaryngoscopy For Benign Pathology 19
Chapter 10 Vocal Fold Polyps: Assessing The Vertical Dimension 21

Section III: Congenital 23
Chapter 11 Bifid Epiglottis 25
Chapter 12 Third Branchial Anomaly: Endoscopic Management Revisited 27
Chapter 13 Sulcus Vocalis 29
Section IV: Idiopathic 31
Chapter 14 Idiopathic Tracheal Stenosis 33
Chapter 15 Laryngeal Melanosis 35
Chapter 16 Saccular Cyst 36
Chapter 17 Bilateral Saccular Cysts 37
Chapter 18 Bilateral Saccular Cysts 38
Chapter 19 Ventricular Cyst Of The Larynx 40

Section V: Inflammatory 41
Chapter 20 A Case Of Reflux Laryngitis Controlled With Proton-Pump Blockade Alone 43
Chapter 21 Inferior Glottic Ridges That Prevent Vocal Fold Closure 44
Chapter 22 Grading Laryngopharyngeal Reflux By Erythema 47
Chapter 23 Conservative Treatment Of An Obstructing Vocal Fold Granuloma 49
Chapter 24 Recalcitrant Arytenoid Granuloma 50
Chapter 25 Vocal Process Granuloma 51
Chapter 26 Pedunculated Granuloma Of The Vocal Folds 52
Chapter 27 Multiple Recurrent Laryngeal Granuloma 53
Chapter 28 Nonoperative Treatment Of Laryngeal Granuloma 54
Chapter 29 Vocal Fold Granuloma: The “Ball-Valve” Phenomenon 56
Chapter 30 Granuloma Of The Aryepiglottic Fold 58
Chapter 31 Bilateral Granuloma And Varicosity In The Midportion Of The Vocal Folds 60
Chapter 32 Laryngeal Amyloidosis: A Case Of “Adidas-Stripes” Larynx 62
Chapter 33 Severe Chronic Laryngitis Mimicking A Granulomatous Disease 63
Chapter 34 Amyloidosis Of The Larynx 64
Chapter 35 Laryngeal And Subglottic Amyloid 66
Chapter 36 Laryngeal Sarcoidosis And Candidiasis 67
Chapter 37 Vocal Fold Consequences Of Scleroderma 68
Chapter 38 Rheumatoid Nodules And Reflux Disease 69
Chapter 39 Multiple Rheumatoid Nodules Of The Vocal Folds 70

Section VI: Infectious 73
Chapter 40 Acute Laryngitis In A Professional Singer 75
Chapter 41 Viral Supraglottitis In An Adult 76
Chapter 42 Acute Ulcerative Laryngitis 78
Chapter 43 Epiglottic Abscess 79
Chapter 44 Acute Tracheitis 81
Chapter 45 Fungal Laryngitis 82
Chapter 46 Laryngeal Candidiasis 84
Chapter 47 Prolonged Ulcerative Laryngitis 85
Chapter 48 Ulcerative Fungal Laryngitis 87
Chapter 49 Candida Epiglottitis 89
Chapter 50 Laryngeal Aspergillosis 91
Chapter 51 Histoplasmosis Of The Larynx: A Case Report 92
Chapter 52 Laryngeal Thrush From Asthma Inhalers 94
Chapter 53 Acute Fungal Pharyngolaryngitis 96

Section VII: Traumatic 99
Chapter 54 Dual Laryngeal Foreign Bodies 101
Chapter 55 Dysphagia After Strangulation 103
Chapter 56 Pediatric Foreign Body And An Unusual X-Ray Finding 105
Chapter 57 An Impacted Fish Bone In The Subglottis Manifesting As Protracted Stridor: 107
Chapter 58 Vocal Fold Tear In An Operatic Tenor 109
Chapter 59 Mucosal Tear 111
Chapter 60 The Effects Of Yelling In Loud, Smoky Bars 112
Chapter 61 Laryngeal Foreign Body In A Former Tracheotomy Patient 114
Chapter 62 Airway Foreign Body 115
Chapter 63 Vocal Fold Masses Related To Inhalation Of Fumes 117
Chapter 64 Endolaryngeal Burns From Lye Ingestion 119
Chapter 65 Vocal Fold Avulsion 121
Chapter 66 Laryngeal Trauma And Laryngeal Pain 123

Section VIII: Vascular 125
Chapter 67 Vocal Fold Varicosities 127
Chapter 68 Pyriform Sinus Hemangioma With Calcifications 129
Chapter 69 Hemorrhagic Polyp Of The Vocal Fold 130
Chapter 70 Acute Vocal Fold Hemorrhage 132
Chapter 71 Vocal Fold Hemorrhage 134
Chapter 72 Vocal Fold Hemorrhage Observed During Laryngoscopy 136
Chapter 73 Hemorrhage Into A Vocal Fold Cyst 138
Chapter 74 Silent Vocal Fold Hemorrhage 140
Chapter 75 Subtle Submucosal Hemorrhage Causing Dysphonia 142
Chapter 76 Acute Vocal Fold Hemorrhage After Thyroplasty 143
Chapter 77 Right Posthemorrhagic Polyp With Vocal Fold Varices 145
Chapter 78 Hemorrhage, Varicosity, And Cysts In A Professional Singer 147
Chapter 79 Vascular Abnormalities Involving The Vibratory Margin Of The Vocal Fold 148
Chapter 80 Singing Dysfunction Following Vocal Fold Hemorrhage: The Need For Caution 150
Chapter 81 Vocal Fold Varicosity Causing Voice Fatigue 152
Chapter 82 Varicosities And Vascular Masses 153
Chapter 83 Posthemorrhagic Polyp 154
Chapter 84 Posthemorrhagic Vascular Mass On The Left True Vocal Fold 155
Chapter 85 Vocal Fold Masses And Varicosity In A Professional Singer 157
Chapter 86 Hemorrhagic Polyp Following Intubation 159
Chapter 87 Acute Vocal Fold Hemorrhage During Sensory Testing 160
Chapter 88 Acute Mucosal Tear And Vocal Fold Hemorrhage 162
Chapter 89 Vocal Fold Varicosities And Pain On Phonation 163
Chapter 90 Vocal Fold Cyst, Hemorrhage, And Scar In A Professional Singer 165
Chapter 91 Hemorrhagic Polyp With A Contralateral Contact Lesion 166

Section IX: Benign Masses and Other Structural Lesions 169
Chapter 92 The Power Of Voice Therapy 173
Chapter 93 Vocal Fold Cyst 175
Chapter 94 Bilateral Vocal Fold Polyps With Occult Sulcus Mucosal Bridge 176
Chapter 95 Mucous Retention Cyst And Reflux Disease 178
Chapter 96 Vocal Fold Cyst And Fibrosis 179
Chapter 97 The Floppy Vocal Polyp 180
Chapter 98 Arytenoid Cartilage Chondroma 182
Chapter 99 A Giant Vocal Fold Polyp Causing Dyspnea 183
Chapter 100 Vocal Fold Mucosal Bridge Without Sulcus Vocalis In A Smoker 185
Chapter 101 Type 2 Sulcus Vocalis: Sulcus Vergeture 187
Chapter 102 Asymmetric Reinke’S Edema 188
Chapter 103 Dense Vocal Fold Scar 189
Chapter 104 Pediatric Vocal Fold Cysts: Acute Dysphonia 191
Chapter 105 Vocal Fold Nodules 192
Chapter 106 Bilateral Vocal Fold Masses: Cysts Versus Reactive Nodules 193
Chapter 107 Small Vocal Fold Mass Causing Dysphonia In A Professional Soprano 194
Chapter 108 A Large Left Vocal Fold Mass 195
Chapter 109 Reactive Swelling And Cyst Of The Vocal Fold 197
Chapter 110 “Iceberg” Cyst Of The Right Vocal Fold 198
Chapter 111 Vocal Fold Scar/Sulcus Vocalis 200
Chapter 112 Vocal Fold Polyp, Scar, And Sulcus Vocalis 202
Chapter 113 Sessile Vocal Fold Polyp, Contralateral Reactive Vocal Fold Mass, And 204
Chapter 114 Vocal Fold Polyp In A Professional Singer 206
Chapter 115 Large Vocal Fold Polyp 207
Chapter 116 Multiple Bilateral Vocal Fold Cysts And Recurrent Pyogenic “Granuloma” 208
Chapter 117 Bilateral Sulcus Vocalis 209
Chapter 118 Vocal Fold Pseudocysts 211
Chapter 119 True Vocal Fold Pseudocyst 212
Chapter 120 Vocal Fold Cyst And Contralateral Occult Sulcus Mucosal Bridge 213
Chapter 121 Occult Mucosal Bridge Of The Vocal Fold 215
Chapter 122 Subglottic Edema (Pseudosulcus) 216
Chapter 123 Leukoplakia 218
Chapter 124 Leukoplakia In Laryngopharyngeal Reflux 219
Chapter 125 Vocal Fold Hyperkeratosis 220
Chapter 126 Reinke’S Edema: Signs, Symptoms, And Findings On Strobovideolaryngoscopy 221
Chapter 127 Reactive Intracordal Fibrovascular Lesion 223

Section X: Impaired Vocal Fold Mobility 227
Chapter 128 Treatment Of Postradiation Laryngeal Compromise 229
Chapter 129 The Paresis Podule 231
Chapter 130 Vocal Fold Paralysis And Bilateral Vocal Fold Hemorrhage 233
Chapter 131 Vocal Fold Atrophy After Resection Of A Parapharyngeal Space Sarcoma 235
Chapter 132 Gelfoam Injection As A Treatment For Temporary Vocal Fold Paralysis 236
Chapter 133 Autologous Fat Injection: The Intraoperative End Point 238
Chapter 134 Reinnervation Of The Paralyzed Vocal Fold 239
Chapter 135 Pediatric Anterior Arytenoid Dislocation 240
Chapter 136 Posterior Arytenoid Dislocation 241
Chapter 137 Complex Posterior Arytenoid Dislocation 243
Chapter 138 Complex Bilateral Arytenoid Dislocation 245

Section XI: Neoplastic 247
Chapter 139 Laryngeal Papilloma 249
Chapter 140 Removal Of Vocal Fold Papillomata And A Laryngeal Web 251
Chapter 141 Recurrent Vocal Fold Papilloma: Resection Using Cold Instruments 252
Chapter 142 Recurrent Invasive Papilloma Of The Vocal Fold 254
Chapter 143 “Self-Treatment” For Laryngeal Papillomatosis 256
Chapter 144 Endoscopic Internal Stent: A New Procedure For Laryngeal Webs In The 257
Chapter 145 Cidofovir And Cancer: A False Positive 259
Chapter 146 Laryngeal Lipoma 261
Chapter 147 Laryngeal Leiomyoma 264
Chapter 148 Laryngeal Paraganglioma 266
Chapter 149 Granular Cell Tumor Of The Larynx 268
Chapter 150 Transglottic Carcinoma 270
Chapter 151 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Masquerading As A Vocal Fold Papilloma 271
Chapter 152 Cricoid Chondrosarcoma Presenting As Breathy Dysphonia 272
Chapter 153 Laryngeal Lymphoma 274
Chapter 154 Laryngeal Keratosis With Underlying Invasive Carcinoma 275
Chapter 155 Laryngeal Cancer 278
Chapter 156 T1 Glottic Carcinoma 280
Chapter 157 Vocal Fold Cancer Presenting As Sudden Dysphonia In The Absence Of 282
Chapter 158 Anterior Laryngeal Transglottic Carcinoma 283
Chapter 159 Benign Or Malignant? 284

Section XII: Complications 285
Chapter 160 A Unique Complication Of Microflap Surgery Of The Vocal Fold 287
Chapter 161 Vocal Fold Plaque Following Triamcinolone Injection 289
Chapter 162 Subglottic Synechia 291
Chapter 163 Views Of A Type I Posterior Glottic Stenosis Before And After Lysis 293
Chapter 164 Asymptomatic Anterior Glottic Web 295
Chapter 165 Adult-Onset Iatrogenic Tracheomalacia 297
Chapter 166 Anterior And Posterior Glottic Webs 299
Chapter 167 Glottic Web At The Striking Zone 301
Chapter 168 Bilateral Ventricular Webs 302
Chapter 169 Complications Of Vocal Fold Varicosities And Their Treatment 304
Chapter 170 Managing Glottal Incompetence Following Teflon Injection 306
Chapter 171 Teflon Granuloma 308
Chapter 172 Laryngeal Teflon Granuloma: Endoscopy, Laryngeal Videostroboscopy, And 310
Chapter 173 Interarytenoid Mucosal Bridges Complicating Endotracheal Intubation 312
Chapter 174 Postintubation Granuloma And Vocal Fold Erosion 314
Chapter 175 Truly False Vocal Folds: An Unusual Complication Of Chemoradiation Therapy 315
Chapter 176 Intralaryngeal Extrusion Of Thyroplasty Implant 317