The results suggest that Furlow palatoplasty performed in later years improves not only speech but also velopharyngeal closure by reorienting the levator veli palatini muscle and augmenting the velum.
Laryngeal hemangioma in adults is a very rare condition. We report the case of a 41-year-old man with hemangioma of the left vocal cord. The literature on this rare occurrence is reviewed and the significance of the case discussed.
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