Paradoxical movements of the epiglottis--a rare cause of respiratory obstruction and its surgical treatment.

Introduction: The aim of this paper was to present a rare disorder of epiglottis function as a cause of breathing disorders and a manner of dealing with this problem.

Case Report: A 59-year-old male patient had breathing disorders in the form of short cessations of breathing two months after a cardiac surgery. He could not tolerate even a slight physical effort.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease correlation with posterior laryngitis.

Background/aim: Over the last years numerous studies have been performed dealing with mutual relations among gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and numerous diseases of the upper airways. The aim of the present study was to establish possible causal relationship between GERD and posterior laryngitis (PL).

Methods: The study included 103 patients with gastrointestinal complaints.