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A music medicine practice affords a unique opportunity to diagnose and treat laryngeal music performers. Strobovideolaryngoscopic (SVL) and external video examination of the voice professional or brass instrument player may focus on the vocal folds, yet abnormalities of the supraglottis, neck, and thorax should be appreciated and documented. Laryngoceles are uncommon laryngeal disorders but may occur in up to 5% of benign laryngeal lesions. While many laryngoceles are asymptomatic, they may cause a cough, hoarseness, stridor, sore throat, pain, snoring, or globus sensation. In particular, musicians who play brass instruments are at high risk for laryngocele development. We highlight two patients with symptomatic laryngoceles to present anatomical, historical, classification, epidemiological, diagnostic, and management considerations.
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PMID:Bilateral mixed laryngoceles: simultaneous strobovideolaryngoscopy and external video examination. 1215 Mar 78

Idiopathic granulomatosis is a rare entity and has varied manifestations and imaging findings. A 44-year-old woman with sore throat and worsening dyspnea had multiple oropharyngeal and supraglottic masses on laryngoscopic examination. FDG PET/CT demonstrated diffuse tumor-like mucosal/submucosal lesions with intense uptake involving the oropharynx, supraglottis, and hypopharynx. Surgical biopsy showed chronically inflamed granulation tissue without malignancy, necrosis, or vasculitis. All stains were negative for any organisms. The image highlights the necessity of including granulomatosis as a differential from malignancy in interpretation of FDG PET/CT showing diffuse mucosal/submucosal oropharyngeal and/or laryngeal lesions but without established diagnosis.
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PMID:Massive Idiopathic Oropharyngeal and Laryngeal Granulomatosis on FDG PET/CT. 2813 97