Laryngopyocele

Abstract

A LARYNGOCELE or diverticulum of the larynx may be regarded as a dilatation of the saccule of the ventricle.1 Most laryngoceles are congenital and are analogous to the air sacs present in certain monkeys, but in some cases the dilatation seems to be acquired as the result of repeated forcible expirations such as occur in those playing wind instruments. Laryngoceles are termed internal if they lie deep to the thyrohyoid membrane and external or combined if they pass through the thyrohyoid membrane (or, as is probably more common, between the thyrohyoid membrane and the inferior constrictor muscle) to present as . . .