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J. K. Hajiioannou, MD; D. E. Kyrmizakis, MD, DDS; G. A. Velegrakis, MD; E. Helidonis, MD
University Hospital of Crete, Crete, Greece

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:893.

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A 59-year-old man presented with a 2-year history of intermittent hoarseness; he also had increasing shortness of breath for the past 2 months and an acute episode of dyspnea. On admission, indirect and flexible laryngoscopy showed an extensive submucosal lesion that was covered by an apparently intact mucosa; the lesion was invading the right hemilarynx and narrowing the homolateral pyriform sinus, causing unilateral vocal cord fixation. A hard, painless 1.0 x 1.5-cm mass originating from the laryngeal framework was palpable in the cervical area of the right side of the neck. Palpation revealed no enlarged cervical lymph nodes in the neck.

A computed tomographic scan of the neck with intravenous contrast confirmed the presence of a hypodense large mass with small-irregular calcifications narrowing the airway, originating from the cricoid cartilage. The lesion expanded the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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