title: Benign neoplasms of the larynx. A 10-year review of 38 patients.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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