| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000283554 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Sa, Leonardo C. B. de1 Fernandes, Jose R.C2 Meirelles, Roberto Campos |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 2Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Mar-Abr |
| Volumen: | 33 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 126-127 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | The authors report a case of laryngeal chondroma , a rare benign larynx tumor in the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages. There are aproximately 250 cases previously described in literature. A male, 41 year-old patient, presented a severe and progressive dyspnea leading to tracheostomy. Direct microlaryngoscopy revealed arytenoid enlargement and subglottic stenosis and the endoscopical biopsy was inconclusive, since the tumor present a hard gnistency. We performed surgical excision by laringofissura and total resection of the tumor, with good result. The histopathological examination showed a chondroma with no malignance |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Otorrinolaringología, Laringe, Condroma, Cartilago aritenoides, Neoplasias |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Otolaryngology, Surgery, Larynx, Chondroma, Arytenoid cartilage, Neoplasms |
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