PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Helmberger, R C
AU  - Croker, B P
AU  - Mancuso, A A
TI  - Leiomyosarcoma of the larynx presenting as a laryngopyocele.
DP  - 1996 Jun 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1112--1114
VI  - 17
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/17/6/1112.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/17/6/1112.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1996 Jun 01; 17
AB  - An 87-year-old man had an 8-month history of hoarseness, respiratory distress, and dysphagia. Physical examination, including direct laryngoscopy, revealed a mass on the right anterolateral side of the neck and a submucosal mass of the supraglottic larynx. A contrast-enhanced CT scan showed a more superior cystic mass, a laryngopyocele resulting from a more inferior, solid-appearing and obstructing mass at the level of the true vocal cord. The obstructing mass was also entirely submucosal at direct laryngoscopy; however, a biopsy specimen revealed a malignant tumor. Subsequent total laryngectomy and pathologic review showed it to be a leiomyosarcoma.