RE: Case of The Week - Vol6, No2

This case was presented in a recent edition of the otorhinolaryngology news:

A 27-year-old female presented with hoarseness of 5 months duration. Symptom dated to last delivery that was complicated, necessitated prolonged intubation and nasogatric tube feeding for over a week. Hoarseness has been persistent since then. No associated cough or breathlessness. Indirect Laryngoscopy revealed the features shown here.

Post intubation laryngeal polyp of the type seen here is presumably rare. At direct micro-laryngo-bronchoscopy, supraglottic polypoidal masses, on either side, and with ball-valve effects were seen and excised. Immediate post op disappearance of hoarseness was noted.