title: The laryngeal saccule: clinical significance.
abstract: The association between the laryngeal saccule and a laryngocele is an important clinical relationship. Here, we describe this and other clinical correlations of the saccule including infection and carcinoma and suggest that these should be discussed in medical gross anatomy courses. We also briefly present some descriptive information on the anatomy and function of the saccule in humans and other higher primates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Ft. Wayne, Indiana 46805, USA.
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: Joel A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vilensky
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education*; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D059608:Laryngocele / Q000150:complications; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000033:anatomy & histology