Supraglottic laryngeal paraganglioma

SummaryIntroductionLaryngeal paraganglioma is a rare, mainly supraglottic, tumor.Clinical caseA 67-year-old woman was operated on in June 2009 for supraglottic laryngeal paraganglioma, with simple postoperative course.DiscussionAnatomopathologic features, malignant paraganglioma and the various possible treatments are presented and discussed. Surgical exeresis with an external approach should in our opinion remain the reference treatment, for optimal control of exeresis of this potentially hemorrhagic tumor with risk of recurrence in case of incomplete exeresis