Category: Throat
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Eagles Syndrome:StyloHyoid Syndrome
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Why it is called Eagle\’s Syndrome? It was Eagle in 1937 an ENT surgeon at Duke University, Watt W. Eagle, described the first cases defined as “stylalgia” secondary to calcification of the stylohyoid ligament or elongated styloid process or to mineralization of the stylohyoid…
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Laryngeal Cancer Biopsy.
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Microlaryngoscopy is a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure performed to treat pathological conditions in the voice box or the larynx.Here 65 year old patient undergo microlaryngoscopy and biopsy to remove suspected carcinoma from the vocal cord.He used to smoke heavily for 30 years. Microlaryngoscopy Microlaryngeal…
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Laryngeal Cancer Due to Smoking: Treatment
Dr.K.O.Paulose FRCS, DLO.Consultant ENT Surgeon. Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India Smoking is the main cause of cancer of the Larynx. Smokers are about 5 to 35 times more likely to develop laryngeal cancer than non-smokers. Alcohol is another important risk factor for laryngeal cancer, and acts as a promoter of the cancer causing process.…