[Coincidental appearance of laryngocele and laryngeal carcinoma]

The authors present a case of a 54-year-old male patient suffering from a laryngocele with concomitant laryngeal cancer. The patient had a three-month history of hoarseness. The clinical examination as well as the endoscopic evaluation did not reveal any signs of malignancy inside the larynx. MR imaging, however, showed an endolaryngeal cystic process surrounded by a soft tissue mass. Resection of the lesion revealed the concomitant occurrence of both laryngocele and laryngeal carcinoma. Etiology, symptoms, diagnostic management and differential diagnosis are presented and discussed according to the relevant literature.