Vallecula angioleiomyoma: unusual cause of acute adult airway obstruction.
A 44-year-old man presented with acute airway obstruction. A pedunculated lesion was found arising from the right vallecula. This was confirmed to be an angioleiomyoma, a type of hamartoma rarely found in the oropharynx.
Evans
K L
KL
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London.
Lowe
D G
DG
Keene
M H
MH
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male