Laryngolith.
OBJECTIVE
To report an extremely rare and interesting case of a woman who developed a laryngeal stone.


METHODS
A 44-year-old woman was referred to our ENT clinic complaining of dyspnoea and stridor. She had been treated for chest problems for approximately 30 years. On examination, she had a large, spiky, subglottic lesion compromising the airway. A laryngeal computed tomography scan and histopathological and biochemical examination showed the lesion to be a calcium phosphate stone. Review of the literature from the past 50 years, using several search engines, revealed no similar cases.


CONCLUSIONS
To the author's knowledge, this is a unique case of a stone that developed in the subglottis. This rare entity was the cause of long-standing chest problems unresponsive to medical treatment. The patient recovered completely from all her symptoms after removal of the laryngolith.
Hegab
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Department of Otolaryngology, Head/Neck and Skull Base Surgery, Maadi Armed Forces Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. amr_hegab@hotmail.com
D000328:Adult; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002130:Calcium Phosphates; C020243:calcium phosphate