Benign neoplasms of the larynx. A 10-year review of 38 patients.
We reviewed the clinical records of 38 patients with benign neoplasms or tumors of the larynx that were examined in the Department of Otolaryngology, Kurume University Hospital during the 10-year period from 1971 to 1980. There were 24 patients with papilloma, 4 amyloid tumor, 2 hemangioma, 2 chondroma, 1 neurofibroma, 1 pleomorphic adenoma, 1 eosinophilic granuloma, 2 non-specific swelling of the ventricular fold, and 1 so-called prolapse of the ventricle. Some of these conditions, such as chondroma, neurofibroma, pleomorphic adenoma and eosinophilic granuloma, are vary rare.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002812:Chondroma / Q000453:epidemiology; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000453:epidemiology; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000453:epidemiology; D010212:Papilloma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors