LARYNX - Examination

HOW TO EXAMINE LARYNX

External Examination

Indirect Larynoscopy

Direct Laryngoscopy

Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy

Radiology

Diagram of arytenoid cartilage - cords adducted

Diagram of arytenoid cartilage - cords abducted

A healthy upper airway in a 20-month-old child. The following structures are well visualized: palatine tonsils (1) , epiglottis (2) , body of the hyoid bone (3) , aryepiglottic folds (4) , laryngeal ventricle (5) , subglottic airway (6), vallecula (v) and pyriform sinus (p)

Subglottic mass

Thumb sign - epiglottitis

VIDEOS

Examination: from The New England Journal of Medicine

Stroboscopy

Stroboscopy