What's the difference between hypopharynx and laryngopharynx?
Hypopharynx
Definition:
(n.) An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.
Example Sentences:
(1) To decrease the incidence of postoperative leakage, we used the Gambee's method of single layer anastomosis in cervical esophagogastrostomy for carcinoma of the hypopharynx and superior segment of the esophagus.
(2) Three hundred sixteen female patients with cancer of the larynx, pharynx, and mouth were examined and the following cancer sites were compared with respect to alcohol and tobacco consumption: oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, epilarynx, lip, and mouth.
(3) Patients with advanced carcinomas of the hypopharynx or upper esophagus have among the worst prognoses in head and neck oncology.
(4) A retrospective review of 16 consecutive cases of squamous carcinoma of the hypopharynx treated by pharyngo-laryngo-oesophagectomy (PLO) and gastric transposition with a thoracotomy as part of the surgical technique is presented.
(5) In conclusion, induction chemotherapy followed by radiation therapy may omit radical surgery, without compromising survival, in some patients with locally advanced cancer of the oral cavity, oropharynx and hypopharynx.
(6) A method of replacement of the hypopharynx and cervical esophagus utilizing a microvascular jejunal transplant has been presented.
(7) The colic graft was anastomosed to the hypopharynx in 43 cases, to the oropharynx in 14 cases, and in 33 cases a pharyngoplasty was done.
(8) The larynx-hypopharynx-esophagusresection of Ong and Lee (1960) whould be prefered if the rumour involves the orifice of the esophagus, because an extensive submucosal growth of the carcinoma is to be expected.
(9) Three cases of traumatic perforation and pseudodiverticulum of the hypopharynx in newborn infants are presented.
(10) We describe an additional patient in whom this lesion occurred as a primary neoplasm of the hypopharynx.
(11) Whether the occlusion between hypopharynx and esophagus is established by anatomical relations and tissue elasticity or by a functional resting tone of the muscle fibers is not quite clear.
(12) HRP-labeled cells were hardly observed when HRP was applied to the hypopharynx.
(13) Morbidity (1%) occurred in patients with triangular bones in the hypopharynx, resulting in one mucosal tear and two lengthy procedures.
(14) Anatomically, six patients had tumors of the oral cavity, twelve in the pharynx, one in the nasopharynx, four in the larynx, one in the hypopharynx, one in the maxillary antrum, and one was an unknown primary.
(15) Magnetic resonance imaging has revolutionized the imaging of head and neck malignancies and is now rapidly replacing computed tomography as the study of choice in the majority of lesions in the head, neck, larynx, hypopharynx, oropharynx, paranasal sinuses, paranasopharynx, and skull base.
(16) Forty-two patients have undergone gastric interposition to replace the pharyngoesophagus; 39 patients had primary or recurrent malignant tumors of the hypopharynx, cervical esophagus, postcrioid area, or tracheal stoma, while three patients had benign disease.
(17) Using this technique we have had no mortality attributed to mediastinitis in patients with mediastinitis due to perforation of the hypopharynx, cervical and thoracic esophagus.
(18) From these data, we conclude that the site of inspiratory narrowing within the upper airway during sleep occurs primarily at either the level of the palate or hypopharynx and is variable among subjects.
(19) Lipomas of the hypopharynx are uncommon tumors that are rarely life threatening.
(20) Carcinoma of the hypopharynx tends to present late and to occur in old age.
Laryngopharynx
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) A carefully planned clinical program of combined pre-operative radiation and surgery has been conducted by the Department of Otolaryngology at The Mount Sinai Hospital for 14 years in an effort to improve the survival rate for advanced cancer of the larynx and laryngopharynx.
(2) That is, in the rostral end of the laryngopharynx, the collagen fibrils ran solitarily to form a coarse meshwork and seemed to allow the epithelium a certain degree of freedom of motion in swallowing.
(3) A rare case of kidneys clear cell carcinoma metastasis to the laryngopharynx was described.
(4) The common presence of GER in these nonsmoking, nondrinking patients and the probable role of this chronic irritative disorder as a causative agent in carcinoma of the laryngopharynx are discussed.
(5) The pharyngo-oesophageal venous plexus in the laryngopharynx and cervical oesophagus provides rigidity to the surrounding corium and so ensures the integrity of the corium during sphincter relaxation.
(6) The article presents an experience with the treatment of patients with malignancy of the larynx, laryngopharynx and cervical part of the esophagus with a free autotransplant of the small intestine using a microsurgical technique for reestablishment of the arterial and venous blood circulation in the transplant.
(7) The site most often detected was the laryngopharynx and that most often missed was the tonsil.
(8) In one captive bat which died unexpectedly, a nematode was found coiled within the gall bladder and common bile duct; in another a nematode was in the esophagus and protruded into the laryngopharynx.
(9) All five had cancer of the laryngopharynx and 3 of them died from a hemorrhage.
(10) In particular, the value of flexible nasopharyngoscopy in assessing the neonatal laryngopharynx is highlighted.
(11) The data obtained from fiber esophagoscopy of patients and electromyography of the pharynx-esophagus junction of dogs have shown that the upper (cranial) esophageal sphincter control food passage from the pharynx to the esophagus and prevents food reflux to the laryngopharynx, protecting airways from aspiration.
(12) A one-stage procedure to restore the cervical part of the esophagus and laryngopharynx included extended surgery for advanced cancer of the larynx and laryngopharynx and grafting a free revascularized small intestine segment using microvascular technique.
(13) Anteriorly it opens into the nasal cavity, the mouth, and the larynx, which divide it into the naso-, oro-, and laryngopharynx, respectively.
(14) Reconstruction of the laryngopharynx and cervical esophagus presents difficult problems.
(15) In conclusion, our statistics seem to indicate that our combined therapy method has improved the survival rates of patients with advanced cancer of the larynx and laryngopharynx.
(16) On the other hand, in the caudal part the fibrils concentrated into the thick bundles of the fibers running side by side along the long axis of the laryngopharynx and, therefore, appeared to play an important role in resisting the excessive stretching force.
(17) No occlusion was observed in the laryngopharynx although there was narrowing of oro- and laryngopharyngeal apertures below the site of obstruction during obstructive apnoeas.
(18) Synovial sarcoma of the laryngopharynx is an extremely rare neoplasm.
(19) During the 30-year period from 1939 through 1968, 20 patients were seen who had "minor salivary" tumors arising in the mucus glands of the larynx or laryngopharynx.
(20) Thirteen patients had their primary tumors in the oral cavity and 11 in the laryngopharynx.