First report of intralaminar tumorlike lipomatous lesions of the thyroid cartilage.
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.
Kiesler
Karl
K
Department of Phoniatrics, Speech and Swallowing, Ear, Nose and Throat University Hospital, Graz, Austria.
Friedrich
Gerhard
G
Beham
Alfred
A
Ebner
Franz
F
Gugatschka
Markus
M
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000473:pathology*