title: Laryngoceles and saccular cyst.
abstract: Laryngoceles and saccular cysts, while relatively rare, occur more often than the literature would suggest. In the past, most were diagnosed clinically in a symptomatic patient. Today, however, more patients suspected of head and neck cancer are being diagnosed with diagnostic radiographic procedures. Of 2,068 patients studied at M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute for suspected laryngeal or hypopharyngeal cancer, 87 (4.2%) had laryngoceles. There are three types of laryngoceles currently recognized: internal, external, and mixed/combined. Saccular cysts are divided into two categories: anterior and lateral. Both may be congenital, or acquired, and may occur at any age. This article reviews current evidence regarding classification, anatomy, clinical symptoms, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic techniques, and treatment of these two disorders.
authors.affiliation: Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Ceasar
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wisdom
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities*