Chondroma of laryngeal cartilage mimicking thyroid tumor

occult laryngeal foreign body mimicking normal thyroid cartilage

introduction foreign body aspiration is common especially in children. the absence of history of choking does not rule out the diagnosis. diagnosis required high index of suspicion. case presentation undiagnosed foreign body aspiration mostly occurs in bronchial airway rather than larynx and can cause severe complications. in this article, we report a silent laryngeal foreign body aspiration to...

Occult Laryngeal Foreign Body Mimicking Normal Thyroid Cartilage

INTRODUCTION Foreign body aspiration is common especially in children. The absence of history of choking does not rule out the diagnosis. Diagnosis required high index of suspicion. CASE PRESENTATION Undiagnosed foreign body aspiration mostly occurs in bronchial airway rather than larynx and can cause severe complications. In this article, we report a silent laryngeal foreign body aspiration ...

Vocal Cord Actinomycosis Mimicking a Laryngeal Tumor

Laryngeal carcinoma and laryngeal papilloma are the most commonly encountered tumorous lesions in the larynx. Herein, we report a case of the mass arising from the left vocal cord in a 49-year-old Japanese man. Endoscopic examination suggested that the mass is a tumor such as carcinoma and papilloma. Pathological examination showed that the specimen demonstrated actinomycosis in the left vocal ...

Invasion of laryngeal thyroid cartilage: value of diffusion- weighted MRI

Neck schwannoma mimicking a thyroid tumor

Although we often see patients with neck tumors, neck schwannomas are quite rare. We should keep schwannnoma in mind when we identified tumors on the side of the neck.