Abstract
IN SPEAKING of of the larynx it is necessary to remember that the majority of so-called tumors are not true neoplasms at all. They are, rather, inflammatory swellings or hyper-plastic growths which originate as physiologic responses to some form of irritation. The terms fibroma, angioma, fibroangioma, or laryngeal polyps are often applied incorrectly to such lesions. Nevertheless, true benign neoplasms of the larynx do occur, though not very frequently. They may be of epithelial or connective tissue origin. Those growths that arise from connective tissue are usually termed fibromas, though true fibromas of the larynx are very rare. Such tumors are usually benign tumors of inflammatory or traumatic origin, as, for example, organizing hematomas or fibrous polyps. Even more uncommon than the true fibroma is the neurofibroma. New and Erich 1 reported 1 neurofibroma among 722 benign tumors of the larynx, which included both neoplastic and non-neoplastic growths.
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