title: A rare case of laryngeal myxoma.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Nissan Tamagawa Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nosaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Housui
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Murano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imamura
mesh_terms: D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014827:Vocal Cords