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Vallecula angioleiomyoma: unusual cause of acute adult airway obstruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

K. L. Evans ,
D. G. Lowe  and
M. H. Keene
K. L. Evans*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London.
D. G. Lowe
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London.
M. H. Keene
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London.
*
K. L. Evans, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London ECI.
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Abstract

A 44-year-old man presented with acute airway obstruction. A pedunculated lesion was found arising from the right vallecula. This was confirmed to be an angioleiomyoma, a type of hamartoma rarely found in the oropharynx.

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Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 341 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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