Interarytenoid pachydermia

Under a Interaryt (a) enoidpachydermie (. AltGr δέρμα skin) refers to a thickening (from the Greek. Παχύς thick) of the larynx between the arytenoid cartilages (lat. Cartilagines arýt (a) enoideae ) on the inside of the rear wall of the larynx .

The cause of this rare change, which only occurs in adults, is unknown. The epithelium of the larynx mucosa is strongly thickened, whitish and clearly wrinkled in the area mentioned, as if covered with small warts . During phonation (vocal formation), the thickened mucous membrane occasionally bulges out like a cock's comb ( Laurens's cock's comb ).

The change that is clearly visible in the mirror examination of the larynx does not require any special treatment. Cancerous degenerations practically never occur in this area, and there is also the risk of scarred impairment of vocal cord mobility during surgical interventions in this area.

literature

• O. Kleinsasser: Microlaryngoscopy and endolaryngeal microsurgery. Technique and typical findings. 3., completely reworked. Edition. Schattauer, Stuttgart / New York 1991, ISBN 3-7945-1381-9 .

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