ETIOLOGY
While stenosis is not a frequent complication of laryngeal tuberculosis, it is still sufficiently common to merit careful consideration of the methods of relief by those who treat this disease. It is not the purpose in this paper to deal with those acute cases due to edema, but to discuss the more chronic forms of obstruction, caused by: (1) tuberculoma; (2) widespread and extensive infiltration; (3) paralysis of the abductors and ankylosis of the crico-arytenoid joint; (4) web formation; (5) amyloid disease.Several instances of blocking from large tuberculomas are found in the literature. Jaehne1 reports a typical case, the tuberculoma springing from the right ventricle of Morgagni and extending across to the opposite side, almost completely obstructing the glottic orifice (Fig. 1). The only symptom was hoarseness and, strangely enough, the respiration was not labored or quickened. Removal was followed by a spreading of the local tuberculous process