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A Case of Liposarcoma of Hypopharynx

Liposarcoma is the second most common sarcoma of the adult life, next to malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Lipo-sarcoma in larynx and hypopharynx is extremely rare. The symptoms are variable, but it has a clinical importance because they can cause unpredictable airway obstruction, particularly during the induction of general anesthesia. A 79-year-old male patient was referred to our department for mild airway obstruction and throat discomfort. Neck CT scan showed a mass within both postcricoid area and pyriform sinus. The mass was removed via laryngeal micro-surgery. In this article, we report a case of liposarcoma of the posterior wall of hypopharynx with a review of the related literature.