Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) -
Head and Neck Surgery
Laryngology – Voice, Swallowing, Airway
Disorders Treated
Disorders of the larynx generally lead to vocal dysfunction, dysphagia, or
difficulty breathing and can be caused by a variety of benign or malignant lesions,
neurological disorders (vocal fold paralysis, stroke, neuromuscular disease),
trauma (endotracheal intubation), and medical illness (reflux disease, allergies,
angioedema).
Larynx disorders treated by the University of Maryland Laryngology team include:
- Benign lesions: polyps, nodules, cysts, varices, papilloma
and dysplasia.
- Neurological disorders: paralysis, Parkinson’s disease,
spasmodic dysphonia and stroke.
- Trauma: webs, vocal fold fixation and airway stenosis.
- Dysphagia from cricopharyngeal spasm, diverticula and neurologic
disorders.
- Neoplastic diseases such as squamous cell carcinoma, chrondo
sarcoma, salivary gland neoplasms and neuroendocrine neoplasms.
This page was last updated on: February 22, 2008.
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