Browse through our photo gallery of various throat disorders we have worked with over the years. For detailed descriptions on each disorder, click here.
Note: For a much larger gallery of photos, see our new standalone educational website, Laryngopedia.
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Cancer, supraglottic
Ulcerative supraglottitis. This form is an atypical, extremely painful, but less fulminant case, possibly viral in origin (Lab).
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Cancer, supraglottic
Cancer involving the supraglottic larynx. The airway (dark area) and vocal fold are partially obscured by out-growing tumor (Lab).
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Epidermoid cyst, open
Open epidermoid cyst. Note mottled appearance, white color of cyst contents, bilaterality, and small divot at arrow showing point of leakage but not complete emptying of cyst contents (OR).
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Glottic web
Large glottic web comprising most of the vocal folds, after removal of large smoker’s polyps and surgeon-directed voice rest for 21 days (Lab).
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Intubation injury
Intubation injury at posterior commissure. Note that the posterior portion of each fold has a divot or “cookie bite” where the breathing tube created pressure necrosis (Lab).
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Mucus retention cyst
Small mucus retention cyst and capillary ectasia, left vocal fold. Note yellowish color and origin from just below free margin, as well as normal right vocal fold (Lab).
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Post-intubation injury
Severe injury from prolonged intubation. There are divots at posterior 1/3 of each vocal fold. Thin dark line demonstrates expected continuation of fold, to accentuate the divot (small black arrow). Subglottic stenosis seen faintly in the receding darkness below the folds (OR).
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Post-intubation synechia
Posterior commissure synechia after prolonged intubation. The posterior part of the vocal folds are tethered together, preventing full opening during breathing (OR).
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Tracheal papillomas (RRP)
Papillomas in patient with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) involving subglottis and very high trachea (Lab).
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Tracheal stenosis
Tracheal stenosis seen below the vocal folds in the high trachea. This may be caused rarely by injury from long-term breathing tube, tracheotomy, blunt trauma, or other influences (Lab).
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Vocal nodules
Bilateral moderate-sized nodular swellings. Left larger than right; whitish discoloration left is mucus (Lab).
Candidia
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Candida (1 of 2)
Candida infection of the vocal folds, often caused by inhalation of aerosolized steroid for asthma. Usually seen with higher strengths of medication and frequent dosing; also more likely if antibiotics used at same time (Lab). This can look like mucus accumulation, but does not move or clear away even with aggressive throat-clearing.
Contact Granuloma
Epidermoid Cyst
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Epidermoid cyst (1 of 2)
Right epidermoid cyst during breathing (Lab). Note whitish sphere not as prominent due to thicker overlying mucosa, vascularity and mucus, suggesting concurrent acid reflux.
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Epidermoid cyst (2 of 2)
Same patient, during phonation, showing mismatch. In addition, right side very stiff and non-vibratile (Lab).
Glottic Furrow
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Glottic furrow (1 of 2)
Glottic furrow (vergeture), breathing vocal fold position, resembling a furrow in a recently-plowed field (Lab).
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Glottic furrow (2 of 2)
Same patient during phonation. Such patients may have a lot of bowing as a concomitant finding, but the two edges of the furrow are seen on each fold, at arrows (Lab).