Abstract
We observed a case of postoperative granuloma that had developed 1 month after the transplantation of fascia into the vocal fold. The patient was a 55 year-old man who complained of hoarseness following an operation on an aortic anourisma 1 year prior to his first visit to our clinic. The left vocal fold was fixed at the paramedian position. We performed a tansplantation of fascia into the left vocal fold in order to for improve glottic closure. Immediately after the operation, the patient's voice had improved. However, 1 month later, we found a tumor on the left vocal fold just above the transplantation scar. The tumor was then removed via direct laryngoscopy. The tumor was diagnosed as a granulomotous polyp, which had apparently developed at the transplantation wound.
