Laryngeal inflammation assessed using the reflux finding score in obstructive sleep apnea.

Objectives: To evaluate the relationships between laryngeal inflammation assessed using the Reflux Finding Score (RFS), laryngeal sensory function, and apnea severity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Methods: Endoscopic sensory testing (EST) was performed with subsequent blinded scoring from video of RFS. An RFS>7 was indicative of increased inflammatory change.

Paraganglioma of the tongue.

Paragangliomas are neuroendocrine tumors arising from extra-adrenal autonomic ganglia. We present what is to our knowledge the first immunohistochemically documented case of a paraganglioma of the tongue, a 2.5-cm benign tumor growing in the position of the foramen cecum.