Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Larynx during Pregnancy: A Case Report

Malignant tumors during pregnancy are rare. Strategies for the treatment of laryngeal cancer during pregnancy are not simple, because we must assess both the mother and the fetal condition.We report a case of laryngeal cancer in a 32-year-old female. She had suffered from dyspnea in the supine position for 4 months, at 15 weeks of pregnancy. She visited the hospital after expelling tumor mass during an episode of severe coughing. The tumor was limited to the posterior wall of the subglottic area by fiberscopic observation and MRI. Histological examination revealed a squamous cell carcinoma of stage T1N0. We removed the tumor using a laryngofissure at 22 weeks of pregnancy. The histopathological diagnosis was mucoepidermoid carcinoma. She is free of the disease and her child is growing normally, at 2 years and 5 months after the surgery.