title: [Laryngeal chondromas: review of the literature and report of three cases].
abstract: The authors present three cases of laryngeal chondroma. One of them was localized on the thyroid cartilage and on the cricoid cartilage in two cases. Direct laryngoscopy and biopsy make diagnosis. But it is not always easy to obtain an adequate biopsy sample from cartilaginous tumors because of their submucosal location and consistency. The radiological findings turned out to be very helpful in chondroma of the larynx. All our patients were treated surgically, one of them performed a partial laryngectomy, and two required a total laryngectomy. Laryngeal chondromas are very rare. As well a brief review of the literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Laryngologii Sl. AM w Katowicach.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bielecki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gierek
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Smółka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002812:Chondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Chrzestniaki krtani--przeglad literatury i opis trzech przypadków.