title: Cavernous lymphangioma in the laryngeal ventricle in an adult patient.
abstract: Lymphangiomas of the larynx are quite rare and even rarer in adults. Isolated cavernous lymphangioma in the laryngeal ventricle was diagnosed in a 47-year-old woman. The patient presented with hoarseness with a history of three months. Direct laryngoscopy performed under general anesthesia showed a large, smooth, gray-reddish tumor above the right vocal fold, originating from the right ventricle. The tumor was removed through a micro-laryngoscopic procedure with cold instruments. Histopathologic diagnosis was cavernous lymphangioma. There was no local recurrence a year after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of 'Otolaryngology, Sişli Etfal Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. u_cinar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cinar
authors.forename: Ozgür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yiğit
authors.forename: Tülay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Başak
authors.forename: Burhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dadaş
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged