Elktaibi Abderrahim, Rharrassi Issam, Hammoune Nabil, Darouassi Youssef, Hanine Mohammed Amine, Ammar Haddou
Department of Pathology, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
Department of Radiology, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
Case Rep Oncol Med. 2019 May 5;2019:9468194. doi: 10.1155/2019/9468194. eCollection 2019.
Laryngeal chondrosarcoma is a rare laryngeal tumor that most frequently originates from the cricoid cartilage. The majority of lesions are low grade and the distinction from benign chondromas must be made. We present a case of a laryngeal chondrosarcoma arising from the cricoid cartilage in a 75-year-old Arab man who presented with hoarseness, dysphonia, and dyspnea. Endoscopic and radiological examinations showed a mass of the wall of his larynx with displaced structures, airway obstruction, and destruction of the cartilage. The patient underwent total laryngectomy. Histological examination supported the diagnosis of low-grade chondrosarcoma. Five months later, the radiological and clinical findings showed no evidence of recurrence or metastases. Laryngeal chondrosarcomas remain a rare disease of unknown etiology, with slow and insidious symptoms. The treatment is surgical, given the importance of preserving the larynx to patients' quality of life. The prognosis is favorable and metastases rarely occur.
喉软骨肉瘤是一种罕见的喉部肿瘤，最常起源于环状软骨。大多数病变为低级别，必须与良性软骨瘤相鉴别。我们报告一例75岁阿拉伯男性环状软骨来源的喉软骨肉瘤病例，该患者表现为声音嘶哑、发音困难和呼吸困难。内镜及影像学检查显示喉部壁上有肿物，结构移位、气道阻塞及软骨破坏。患者接受了全喉切除术。组织学检查支持低级别软骨肉瘤的诊断。五个月后，影像学和临床检查结果未显示复发或转移迹象。喉软骨肉瘤仍然是一种病因不明的罕见疾病，症状缓慢且隐匿。鉴于保留喉部对患者生活质量的重要性，治疗方式为手术。预后良好，很少发生转移。
