title: A "boxer glove" contoured laryngeal amyloidosis.
abstract: Laryngeal amyloidosis is uncommon and poorly understood, with limited long-term studies. Although primary localized laryngeal amyloidosis is extremely rare, it frequently involves the ventricles and the false and true vocal cords. We present a 58-year-old woman with localized laryngeal amyloidosis who presented no symptoms. On indirect laryngoscopic examination, the mass involved both arytenoids only, and had a likeness to a "boxer glove." She was treated surgically by microlaryngoscopy under general anesthesia and the mass was excised using a carbon dioxide laser. We present this case and a review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonbuk National University School of Medicine, Jeonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yun Su
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jong Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hong