Objectives-This article reports the first evidence of a larynx osteoma of the false vocal fold.Study design-Case report and literature review.Methods-Case report and review of previously published cases of larynx osteomas.Results-A 79 year-old patient was referred to our institution for dysphagia and hoarseness. Fibrolaryngoscopy showed a regular surface tumefaction of the false fold and the left ventricle, with preserved cordal motility. Patient underwent direct laryngoscopy with CO 2 laser excision of the lesion. Pathologic examination of the lesion (1.6 × 1 cm) showed features consistent with an osteoma. Complete regression of symptoms was observed after surgery, with no lesions found on routine oneyear follow-up.Conclusions-Osteomas are benign, slow growing tumors of the craniofacial bone area, very rarely located in the larynx. Although the etiology is unknown, accepted theories point to embryologic, post-traumatic and infectious causes. Surgical excision is indicated only in symptomatic cases. This case report is the fourth evidence of laryngeal osteoma and, to our knowledge, the first finding of a false vocal fold osteoma.

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