title: Transglottic laryngeal paraganglioma: a rare location for this tumor.
abstract: Laryngeal paragangliomas are rare neoplasms that originate in the neural crest cells of the laryngeal paraganglia. Although the vast majority of these tumors are benign, they exhibit different types of biologic behavior that require different treatment modalities. Therefore, differentiation among these tumors is extremely important. We report a rare case of laryngeal paraganglioma that presented as a transglottic lesion in a 68-year-old man. The atypical location of the tumor led to difficulties in diagnosis and management. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third such case to be reported in the English-language literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, KBB Kliniği, Basın Sitesi, İzmir 35360, Turkey. secilarslanoglu@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Seçil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arslanoğlu
authors.forename: M Zafer
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Uğuz
authors.forename: Demet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Etit
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ermete
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004825:Epiglottis; D005931:Glottis; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery