Granulomatous polyp of the larynx following intratracheal anesthesia.

Granulomatous polyp of the larynx is an inflammatory tumor caused by trauma during endotracheal anesthesia. This condition was first reported by Clausen 22 in 1932. It occurs only in the adult larynx, may be unilateral or bilateral, is always due to trauma, and has a constant location on the laryngeal aspect of the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage. In its early phase the polyp is always infected; hence histologically it is a pyogenic granuloma. At this time it measures between 5 and 9 mm. in diameter. Within a few weeks the epithelium of the adjacent structures gradually covers the polyp. As time passes the stroma of the tumor becomes fibrotic, new blood vessels form, and the original pyogenic granuloma is transformed into an angiofibroma. The pale-grayish polyp is now cherry-red or purplish-red according to the degree of vascularity present. As a result of these changes the tumor is much

[1]  Lejeune Fe,et al.  Tumors of the larynx. , 1955 .

[2]  R. T. Barton.  Observation on the pathogenesis of laryngeal granuloma due to endotracheal anesthesia. , 1953, The New England journal of medicine.

[3]  M. Myerson.  Use and abuse of direct laryngoscopy. , 1953, Journal of the American Medical Association.

[4]  M. Heller.  Postintubation laryngeal granuloma. , 1953, A.M.A. archives of otolaryngology.

[5]  G. Lieberman.  Bilateral granuloma of the larynx due to intratracheal anesthesia. , 1952, A M A Archives of Otolaryngology.

[6]  S. Baron,et al.  LXIX Laryngeal Sequelae of Endotracheal Anesthesia , 1951 .

[7]  F. Macneil.  Granuloma of the larynx following endotracheal anaesthesia. , 1951, Canadian Medical Association journal.

[8]  P. Holinger,et al.  XLIV Benign Tumors of the Larynx , 1951 .

[9]  W. K. Wright.  Bilateral contact ulcer granuloma following endotracheal anesthesia. , 1951, A.M.A. archives of otolaryngology.

[10]  S. Feuerstein,et al.  Laryngeal granuloma following intratracheal anesthesia. a report of four cases , 1951, The Laryngoscope.

[11]  Hampton Lj,et al.  Laryngeal edema complicating endotracheal anesthesia in children; case reports. , 1950 .

[12]  A. EL-MOFTI.  Laryngeal Polypoid Growths Following Endotracheal Anæsthesia , 1949, The Journal of Laryngology & Otology.

[13]  M. Wattles.  LXXX Bilateral Granuloma of the Larynx following Intratracheal Anesthesia , 1949 .

[14]  K. D. Devine,et al.  Contact ulcer granuloma. , 1949, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[15]  W. Donnelly,et al.  LOCAL SEQUELAE OF ENDOTRACHEAL ANESTHESIA AS OBSERVED BY EXAMINATION OF ONE HUNDRED PATIENTS , 1948 .

[16]  J. Adriani,et al.  Intratracheal anesthesia; its uses and abuses. , 1948, The New Orleans medical and surgical journal.

[17]  J. Mclaurin.  Bilateral granuloma of the larynx following endotracheal anesthesia , 1947, The Laryngoscope.

[18]  L. W. Barton.  Granuloma of the larynx; a late complication of endotracheal anesthesia. , 1947, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[19]  H. Tuft,et al.  Laryngeal polypoid granuloma following intratracheal anesthesia. , 1947, The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology.

[20]  H. L. Kearney.  XVII Bilateral Granuloma of the Larynx following Intratracheal Anesthesia , 1946 .

[21]  J. Farrior.  CONTACT ULCER OF THE LARYNX DEVELOPING AFTER INTRATRACHEAL ANESTHESIA , 1942 .

[22]  W. A. Smiley.  XLIII Polypoid Granuloma of the Larynx following Endo-Tracheal Anesthesia , 1940 .

[23]  Gould Rb.  LARYNGEAL GRANULOMA FOLLOWING INTRATRACHEAL INTUBATION. , 1935 .

[24]  C. Elsberg.  CLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH INTRATRACHEAL INSUFFLATION (MELTZER), WITH REMARKS UPON THE VALUE OF THE METHOD FOR THORACIC SURGERY , 1910, Annals of surgery.

[25]  John Auer,et al.  CONTINUOUS RESPIRATION WITHOUT RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS , 1909, The Journal of experimental medicine.

[26]  F. Kuhn.  Technik der peroralen Tubage , 1902 .

[27]  J. Snow.  On chloroform and other anaesthetics; their action and administration. , 1957, British journal of anaesthesia.

[28]  H. Griffith.  Further Experiences with Endotracheal Gas-Oxygen Anesthesia. * , 1932 .

[29]  H. Janeway.  Intratracheal Anaesthesia: A. By Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen. B. By Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Under Conditions of Differential Pressure. , 1913, Annals of surgery.