Adult-Type Rhabdomyoma of the Larynx: Clinicopathologic Study of an Uncommon Tumor in a Rare Location

Table 1

Clinical comparative synopsis of our case with the other cases of adult-type RM of the larynx reported in the literature, including the present case.

Ref.	Age/gender	Chief complaint	Treatment
	Location	Duration of symptoms
[7]	48/M	Hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	R vocal fold	3 months
[8]	55/M	Hoarseness	Laryngofissure
	L transglottic area	3 years	Local excision
[9]	52/F	Hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	R false vocal fold	3 years
[11]	55/M	NA	Endoscopic excision
	R false vocal fold
[12]	64/F	Hoarseness, foreign-body sensation	Endoscopic excision
	R ventricle	6 months
[13]	39/M	Hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	Vocal fold	3 years
[14]	76/F	Hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	L true vocal fold	2 months
[15]	16/M	Acute airway obstruction	Tracheotomy
	R transglottic area	Sudden onset	Total laryngectomy
[17]	52/M	Hoarseness	Lateral pharyngotomy
	L vocal fold	6 months
[17]	66/M	Hoarseness	Excision
	R vocal fold	8 years
[18]	51/F	Dyspnoea, dysphagia	External removal
	Both artenoid cartilages	NA
[21]	51/M	Hoarseness, snoring	Hemilaryngectomy
	L ventricular fold	1 year
[22]	64/M	R asymptomatic submandibular mass	Cervical approach and L lateral pharyngotomia
	L aryepiglottic fold
[23]	69/F	Hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	Vocal fold	5 years
[24]	39/M	Dysphagia and weight loss	Resection
	L-sided paraglottic space	5 months
[25]	66/M	Hoarseness and dysphagia	External removal
	Arytenoid	4 months
[26]	79/M	Hoarseness	External removal
	R false vocal fold	5 years
[27]	69/M	R asymptomatic submandibular mass	External removal
	Epiglottis (multifocal)
[28]	35/M	Cervical bulging	Resection
	Extrinsic laryngeal muscles	NA
[29]	66/M	Dysphagia and hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	R arytenoid	3 years (sudden dyspnea)
[30]	72/F	Globulus and hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	L aryepiglottic fold (multifocal)	1 year
[31]	50/F	NA	Exeresis with CO2 laser
	R glossoepiglottic fold and vocal fold
[32]	76/M	Hoarsness, dysphagia and sleep-apnoea	Multiple endoscopic multiple debulking procedures
	Arytenoid	NA
[33]	NA/NA	Dysphonia	Endoscopic excision
	Glottis	NA
[34]	55/M	Hoarseness and slight dysphagia	Endoscopic excision
	L paraglottic space (multifocal)	3 months
[35]	35/M	Hoarseness	Endoscopic excision
	L supraglottic space	1 year
[36]	67/F	Hoarseness and progressive dyspnea	Hemilaryngectomy
	Supraglottis	NA
[37]	50/M	Change in voice	Total laryngectomy
	R aryepiglottic fold	2 years
[38]	75/M	Hoarsness	Endoscopic excision
	R vocal fold	4 years
Present case	85/F	Sudden breathing difficulties, dysphagia	Endoscopic excision
	R arytenoid	10 days

R: right, L: left, NA: not available.