[Laryngeal cancer and asbestosis]

The article deals with the connection between an exposure to asbestos and the development of a laryngeal carcinoma. In accordance with case reports and epidemiological studies from literature, the above mentioned causality can be presumed in certain cases. Although at present there is usually no legal compensation for a laryngeal carcinoma if someone has been exposed to asbestos, the reports from literature as mentioned above should be taken into consideration in every single case: In detail, this means that anamnestical facts of exposure to asbestos, pulmological status and the latency up to the development of the laryngeal carcinoma must be taken into consideration.