title: Laryngeal pathologies observed in microlaryngoscopy.
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 738 consecutive microlaryngoscopic procedures, performed in 655 patients at the Geneva Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery between 1981 and 1987, was undertaken. The 4 most frequent laryngeal pathologies were polyps, hyperplastic chronic laryngitis, Reinke's edema and laryngeal cancer accounting for 76.6% of all encountered pathologies. Of the sample studied, pathologies occurred more frequently in males than in females; however, certain pathologies were more common to one sex than to the other. In 15.3% of patients with benign lesions, multiple, coexisting laryngeal diseases were detected. In some instances, microlaryngoscopic and histological diagnoses were discordant.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Cantonal University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pampurik
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Guyot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013557:Switzerland