ENDOLARYNGEAL NEUROFIBROMA

Neurofibromatosis is a benign neurogenic tumor, originating from schwann cells of thenerve sheath. this tumor forms a round, white mass on the course of the involved nerve. it occurssporadically or in association with von recklinghausen’s disease. laryngeal involvement is a rareoccasion that affects women more than men (f/m ratio 3:2). the most common symptoms arehoarseness, dyspnea and dysphagia. the most common sites of origin are arytenoids and aryepiglotticfolds. because of benign nature of this tumor, conservative surgery is recommended as the managementof choice. only few cases of laryngeal involvement have been reported in literature and this articlepresents two cases of laryngeal neurofibroma with brief review of literatures. both cases presented withsubmucosal, non-ulcerated, endolaryngeal mass with signs and symptoms of airway compromise. inboth cases surgical approach was endolaryngeal conservative surgery with co2 laser.