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In 2019, she suffered from dyspnoea and a hoarse voice. Laryngoscopy examination showed a polypoid lesion causing airway obstruction at 70% and thickening of the lateral wall of the cavum. Physical examination found left axillary and submandibular adenopathy, and computed tomography revealed thickening of the supraglottic larynx narrowing the laryngeal pathway. Lymphadenectomy with immunohistochemical analysis revealed typical protein positive S-100 histiocytes and emperipolesis. The patient was treated with high doses of corticosteroids for six weeks then these were progressively decreased. 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