Resection of Laryngeal Lymphangioma; A Case Report

Abstract

A 58-year-old woman complained of a foreign body sensation and slight dyspnea when lying on her left side. Laryngoscopic examination revealed a dark purple mass in the right aryepiglottic fold of the larynx.
Fiberoscopy and CT and MR examinations led to a clinical diagnosis of probable a hemangioma of the larynx.
Our surgical approach was suprahyoid pharyngotomy and tumor resection. Since it was very difficult to distinguish blood vessels from lymphatic vessels entering the tumor, we used a transmission electromicroscope (TEM) for our pathological examination.
The final diagnosis was cavernous lymphangioma.