Laryngeal haemangioma is a rare, benign neoplasm with an unknown incidence and etiology.1 Fechner et al classified laryngeal haemangioma into adult and infantile forms, with the latter being more common.2 The proposed etiologies of the adult-form haemangioma include previous laryngeal trauma (i.e. intubation), hormonal shifts (i.e. in pregnancy granuloma), viral oncogenes, infection and stress.2–4 The available literature includes only 13 case reports of adult glottic haemangioma since the first report in 1979, and these were mainly on a unilateral vocal fold5. Here, we present and discuss a rare case of adult bilateral vocal fold haemangioma that was initially suspected to be a glottic carcinoma in a chronic smoker.

Laryngeal haemangioma is a rare, benign neoplasm with an unknown incidence and etiology.1 Fechner et al classified laryngeal haemangioma into adult and infantile forms, with the latter being more common.2 The proposed etiologies of the adult-form haemangioma include previous laryngeal trauma (i.e. i...