Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics (대한후두음성언어의학회지)
- Volume 23 Issue 2
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- Pages.133-136
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- 2012
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- 2508-268X(pISSN)
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- 2508-5603(eISSN)
A Case of Hamartoma Arising in the Larynx
후두부에 발생한 과오종 1예
- Kim, Bo Hae (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Ilsan Hospital) ;
- Kwon, Seong Keun (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Ilsan Hospital)
- Received : 2012.11.10
- Accepted : 2012.12.22
- Published : 2012.12.01
Abstract
Hamartoma is benign pathologic lesion that looks like a neoplasm. But actually hamartoma is derived from congenital developmental errors of mature tissue. That is a focal overgrowth of normal tissue components. Hamartomas have been reported as arising anywhere in the body, but rarely has it been found in the head and neck region. Above all, laryngeal hamartoma has been described few times. We report an unusual case of hamartoma located in the larynx. Epiglottis mass was found incidentally by gastrofibroscopic examination. After the mass was excised by