title: First report of intralaminar tumorlike lipomatous lesions of the thyroid cartilage.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We present two cases of tumorlike lipomatous lesions in the thyroid cartilage. Both presented as circumscribed tumors by ultrasonography and were identified accidentally.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two tumorlike lesions were identified in two different patients. Additionally, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans of the laryngeal skeleton were performed. Surgery was performed in one patient, and the lesion was excised. Histopathology revealed fatty tissue with several foci of hematopoietic cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first report of intralaminar tumorlike lipomatous lesions in the thyroid cartilage. These should be included in the differential diagnoses of primary cartilaginous lesions of the laryngeal skeleton.
authors.affiliation: Department of Phoniatrics, Speech and Swallowing, Ear, Nose and Throat University Hospital, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiesler
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beham
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebner
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gugatschka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000473:pathology*