Histologic findings in a larynx reconstructed by a nasoseptal autograft after partial laryngectomy

In the course of a 5-year follow-up of 16 patients who underwent plastic reconstruction of the larynx by a nasoseptal graft after extended frontal and frontolateral laryngectomies, one of them developed local recurrence of squamous cell carcinoma and was totally laryngectomized. Histological studies were made of the grafted cartilage and its mucosal lining. The microscopic findings are reported.