title: Vallecula angioleiomyoma: unusual cause of acute adult airway obstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Keene
mesh_terms: 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