Acta Med. 2017, 60: 157-159

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.12

A Large Laryngeal Mucocele Causing Progressive upper Airway Obstruction and Cervical Swelling

Ioannis Aidonisa, Nikolaos Lazaridisb, Maria Piagkouc, Nikolaos Anastasopoulosb, Konstantinos Natsisb

aBioclinic Thessaloniki, Greece
bDepartment of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
cDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Received August 18, 2017
Accepted November 30, 2017

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