The Larynx (Voicebox) - The Absence of The Epiglottis (Lid)

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Case description

In this video we can see the endoscopic view of the larynx with an absence of its epiglottis [dotted squares]. As we can see the left vocal fold is immobile. However it is almost completely-compensated with minimal phonatory gap. The epiglottis (the lid of the voicebox) as the first barrier protects the tracheobronchial tree against an aspiration; others are the false and true vocal folds. In this case the radiotherapy was performed in the past because of a locally advanced laryngeal cancer.

tags: endoscopic view epiglottis phonatory gap tracheobronchial tree aspiration radiotherapy locally advanced laryngeal cancer

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