The otolaryngologist and flexible fiberoptics: photographic considerations.

The ability to document normal and pathological anatomy is of paramount concern to all medical and surgical practitioners. Until recently the otolaryngologist was forced to resort to the use of clumsy and expensive procedures, frequently requiring the use of general anesthesia in order to obtain endoscopic photodocumentation. The author describes a simple technique, using standard flexible fiberoptic nasopharyngolaryngoscopes, standard light sources, and standard photographic processing which enable the otolaryngologist to obtain high quality transparencies and prints of the tympanic membrane, the internal nose (anterior and posterior), the nasopharynx, the hypopharynx, and the larynx.