title: Stridor caused by a rare laryngeal tumour.
abstract: This report describes stridor caused by a rare laryngeal tumour. The patient had presented to ENT with a midline neckmass and stridor of acute onset and diagnosed radiologically as a mass in the right lobe of thyroid gland in continuity with enhancing polypoidal mass in trachea at the same level. Total thyroidectomy along with the resection of the mass and tracheal ring was performed, trachea being anastomosed primarily. Histopathology reported it as a paraganglioma of the larynx. The patient has been followed-up for 5 years with no clinical or radiological recurrence of the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Riyadh Medical Complex, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. irshadjg@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Irshad
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Zaid Muhammad
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Aldhawi
authors.forename: Lamia Hasan
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Almaghrabi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000601:surgery*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000601:surgery; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery