Abstract
Laryngocele is an air-filled or fluid-filled abnormal dilatation of laryngeal saccule. The paper presents the case of tracheotomy in acute respiratory disorder due to laryngopyocele in a 76-year old woman. The patient was complaining of swelling of the neck for 3 day before admitting to the hospital. The tracheotomy was performed to quickly secure an airway prior to progression of the swelling. Computed tomography examination showed the presence of a mixed-type laryngocele both sides - on the right air-filled and on the left fluid-filled. First the acute infection was treated with antibiotics and then the laryngopyocele was surgically removed from external approach. The tracheotomy removal was few days after surgery. A review of the literature is also presented.
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