Laryngocele: Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern India

Abstract

Objectives: To study the details of clinical profile and management of laryngocele at a tertiary care teaching hospital of eastern India.

Study design: A prospective study. Case series of six patients of laryngocele.

Methods: Six patients of laryngocele were examined at the Outpatient Department of ENT of Institute of Medical Sciences & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, between August 2010 and January 2014. The details of the patients, such as age, gender, occupations, clinical presentations, imaging modalities and treatment options, are discussed.

Results: The common clinical presentations of laryngocele are hoarseness of voice and swelling in the neck. Sometimes, laryngocele patients are asymptomatic. The patients were in the range of 45-70 years old, among them five were males and one was female. The diagnosis was made clinically and radiologically. Among the six patients, five were treated by surgical approach.

Conclusions: Laryngocele is an abnormal dilatation of the laryngeal saccule. It is a very rare clinical condition. Hoarseness of voice and swelling in the neck are common clinical presentations in laryngocele. Imaging studies are essential for making diagnosis, determining the type, localization, extent of laryngocele and for treatment. Surgery is the treatment of choice in laryngocele.

Keywords: Hoarseness; Laryngeal saccule; Laryngocele; Laryngopyocele.