The author additionally reports a casc of a woman, aged 29, to whom a laryngeal granuloma occurred about 40 days after the endotracheal ancsthesia.
In its aetiology, the injury to the larynx imposed by the intubation is regar ded as the main cause, and previously cxisted chronic laryngitis as well as allcrgic constitution are thought to be the prolnoting factors.
Concerning the sitc of origination, the case was a rare one in which the granuloma originated in the subglottic space.
It is advisable that the anesthesist cooperates intimately with an otorhinolaryngologist to prevcnt the complication.