Laryngeal Chondroma as Complication of Endotracheal Entubation

Laryngeal Chondroma: An Unusual Complication Endotracheal Entubation.: Introduction: Laryngeal cartilaginous framework tumors are very rare. Chondroma and chondrosarcoma are the most common types of these tumors.

Patient Presentation: A 27-year-old man with a history of intubation presented with exercise-induced dyspnea. A computed tomography scan of larynx showed a rounded and circumscribed mass without infiltration of the adjacent structures which obstructs 75% of airway. Histopathological investigation of the mass revealed the chondroma of the larynx. The patients' history of intubation trauma with the subsequent progressive onset of clinical symptoms demonstrates the relationship between these 2 entities.

Conclusion: Clinicians should consider laryngeal chondroma in the differential diagnosis of dyspnea after endotracheal intubation.

(C) 2016 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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