Key result
Complete surgical excision of laryngeal paraganglioma proves feasible without requiring partial thyrotomy.
Case Report (n=1)
Laryngeal paragangliomas can present as a neck mass and may be completely excised surgically without partial thyrotomy.
May allow transcervical excision alone for select laryngeal paragangliomas with neck extension; leaves open generalizability beyond this case report.
Paragangliomas of the larynx are rare benign tumours that have to be differentiated from other neuroendocrine tumours. We review the literature and present a rare case of a laryngeal paraganglioma that extended into the neck through the thyrohyoid membrane and presented as a neck mass. Cervical extensions of laryngeal paragangliomas have to be differentiated from multifocal tumours. Diagnosis relies heavily on the clinical and radiological features as pre-excision histological diagnosis is not usually available due to the vascular nature of the tumour. Complete surgical excision of both laryngeal and neck components was possible without the need for a partial thyrotomy.
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A 2003 study conducted a case report in Paraganglioma of the larynx (n=1). Complete surgical excision was evaluated on Complete surgical excision without partial thyrotomy. Complete surgical excision of both laryngeal and neck components of a laryngeal paraganglioma was possible without the need for a partial thyrotomy.
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