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VOLUME 14 , ISSUE 2 ( July-December, 2024 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Inflammatory Myoblastic Tumor of Larynx and Trachea: A Case Report

Vishnu Vinayakumar, Manju E Issac, Anjana Bahuleyan, Abraham Varghese, Jayakumar R Menon

Keywords : Benign tumors of trachea, Case report, Histopathology, Hypopharynx, Inflammatory myoblastic tumor, Inflammatory pseudotumor, Larynx

Citation Information : Vinayakumar V, Issac ME, Bahuleyan A, Varghese A, Menon JR. Inflammatory Myoblastic Tumor of Larynx and Trachea: A Case Report. Int J Phonosurg Laryngol 2024; 14 (2):37-39.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10023-1257

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 15-11-2024

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2024; The Author(s).


Abstract

Inflammatory pseudotumor is a benign, tumor-like lesion of reactive nature. Its basic morphologic characteristic is spindle cell (myoblasts and fibroblasts) proliferation with a variable number and type of inflammatory cells. The newer terminology is inflammatory myoblastic tumor. Although they are mostly reported in the lung parenchyma, tracheal involvement is not unknown. In the past, it was considered benign, but with recent evidence of local recurrence after surgical resection, cases of metastatic spread, and advances in cytogenetic analysis, they are now categorized as tumors with malignant potential. This paper aims to describe a rare case of laryngotracheal inflammatory myoblastic pseudotumor in a young female who had to undergo tracheostomy due to acute airway obstruction, after which the patient underwent complete excision of the tumor along with expansion laryngoplasty.

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