Photodocumentation of the development of type I posterior glottic stenosis after intubation injury

Nelson Scott Howard; Travis L Shiba; Julianna E Pesce; Dinesh K Chhetri

doi:10.1155/2015/504791

Photodocumentation of the development of type I posterior glottic stenosis after intubation injury

Case Rep Surg. 2015:2015:504791. doi: 10.1155/2015/504791. Epub 2015 Feb 1.

Authors

Nelson Scott Howard¹, Travis L Shiba², Julianna E Pesce², Dinesh K Chhetri²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue 62-132 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA ; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA ; Department of Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200, USA.
² Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue 62-132 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Abstract

Bilateral vocal fold immobility may result from bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis or physiologic insults to the airway such as glottic scars. The progression of mucosal injury to granulation tissue, and then posterior glottis stenosis, is an accepted theory but has not been photodocumented. This paper presents serial images from common postintubation injury to less common posterior glottic stenosis with interarytenoid synechia.