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A rare case of laryngeal myxoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Koichi Tsunoda ,
Kenji Nosaka ,
Masabumi Housui ,
Emi Murano ,
Michiro Ishikawa  and
Yoshihiko Imamura
Koichi Tsunoda*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenji Nosaka
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Masabumi Housui
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Emi Murano
Affiliation:
RILP Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Michiro Ishikawa
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshihiko Imamura
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
*
Address for correspondence: Koichi Tsunoda, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, 4-8-1 Seta, Setagaya-ku, 158, Tokyo, Japan. Fax: 81-3-3700-2090
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Laryngeal neoplasmsMyxomaHoarsenessVocal fold
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 3 , March 1997 , pp. 271 - 273
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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