The progressive CT features of the laryngeal framework and soft tissues in a case of laryngeal chondroradionecrosis are described. The differential diagnosis with tumor recurrence was at first uneasy, but the protracted history evolution of the tissue changes on CT eventually allowed correct diagnosis.
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