A case of laryngeal angioleiomyoma and review of literature

Angioleiomyoma is a rare benign vascular smooth muscle tumor that arise from the tunica media of veins and arteries. Here a case of laryngeal angioleiomyoma in a 57-year-old Chinese man is reported. The patient presented with dysphagia for one and half-month and dyspnea during the previous one week, was hospitalized for treatment with a tracheotomy and laryngofissure with the unblock mass excision. Final pathological evaluation of the neoplasm confirmed a diagnosis of laryngeal angioleiomyoma. The patient had been followed up 4 years with no recurrence of disease. This study demonstrated the clinical feature, pathology, treatment and outcome of the rare disease of laryngeal angioleiomyoma.