A rare case of laryngeal myxoma

We report a rare case of laryngeal myxoma in a 57-year-old Japanese man. Except for a five-year history of gradually progressive hoarseness, he had been in good health. Video-stroboscopic examination revealed a solid mass in the anterior third of the right vocal fold. Phonosurgery performed with a m...

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Published in:Journal of laryngology and otology 1997-03, Vol.111 (3), p.271-273
Main Authors: Tsunoda, Koichi, Nosaka, Kenji, Housui, Masabumi, Murano, Emi, Ishikawa, Michiro, Imamura, Yoshihiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical Records
Hoarseness
Hoarseness - etiology
Humans
Laryngeal neoplasms
Laryngeal Neoplasms - complications
Laryngeal Neoplasms - pathology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Myxoma
Myxoma - complications
Myxoma - pathology
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Tumors
Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology
Vocal Cords
Vocal fold
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Summary:We report a rare case of laryngeal myxoma in a 57-year-old Japanese man. Except for a five-year history of gradually progressive hoarseness, he had been in good health. Video-stroboscopic examination revealed a solid mass in the anterior third of the right vocal fold. Phonosurgery performed with a microscope showed that the mass was encapsulated and located between the epithelium and vocal fold ligaments of the right vocal fold. This hard, elastic mass which measured 7 mm in diameter, was diagnosed as a myxoma. Only three cases of myxoma of the larynx have been reported in the English literature, with only one other case involving the vocal fold.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1017/S0022215100137053