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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:369-370.

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Diagnosis: Laryngeal chondrosarcom

Chondrosarcoma, which is the fourth most common tumor of bone and cartilage,¹ is found predominantly in the pelvis and lower skeleton; however, it occurs in the head and neck region in approximately 10% of cases.^1-2 The most common sites of occurrence in the head and neck are the maxilla and the larynx.¹ Laryngeal chondrosarcoma is considered to be a rare tumor, with approximately 200 to 250 cases reported in the literature.^{1, 3-4} It is a slow-growing indolent tumor that usually presents in men (male-female ratio, 3.6-1.0)^{1, 4} during the fifth to seventh decades of life, with the mean presentation in the sixth decade of life.^{1, 4} As in the case described herein, the presentation commonly includes hoarseness, dysphagia, dyspnea (which can proceed to airway compromise), globus, or a painless mass.^1-7 Because of the slow and frequently asymptomatic growth of the laryngeal chodrosarcoma, its average size at the time of diagnosis is approximately 3 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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