A case of subglottic metastasis from lung adenocarcinoma

Metastatic laryngeal tumors are very rare. We encountered a rare case of laryngeal metastasis from a lung adenocarcinoma. A 74-year-old female had been treated for lung cancer four years earlier. She presented to us with a 3-week history of persistent hoarseness of the voice. Fiberoptic laryngoscopy and computed tomography of the neck showed a subglottic tumor. Although the patient did not complain of breathlessness, because of the tumor size, tracheotomy and laryngomicrosurgery were performed, and the tumor was resected. Histological examination revealed the diagnosis of metastatic adenocarcinoma from the lung. Later, recurrence of the lung cancer was also found, and the patient was started on chemotherapy for lung cancer. At one year two months after the surgery, the laryngeal tumor could no longer be detected.