title: Laryngeal Chondroma: An Unusual Complication Endotracheal Entubation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Laryngeal cartilaginous framework tumors are very rare. Chondroma and chondrosarcoma are the most common types of these tumors.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 27-year-old man with a history of intubation presented with exercise-induced dyspnea. A computed tomography scan of larynx showed a rounded and circumscribed mass without infiltration of the adjacent structures which obstructs 75% of airway. Histopathological investigation of the mass revealed the chondroma of the larynx. The patients' history of intubation trauma with the subsequent progressive onset of clinical symptoms demonstrates the relationship between these 2 entities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians should consider laryngeal chondroma in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea after endotracheal intubation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Memorial Health Group Ankara Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gökdoğan
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koybasioglu
authors.forename: Fikret
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ileri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002812:Chondroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed