A 50-year-old man addressed, with complaints to feeling of presence of foreign body in a throat. The patient within 2 years periodically accepted neurological treatment, however improvement did not occur. The examination of the larynx existence of a cyst is revealed, which was placed between the base of the tongue and epiglottis. At the same time the cyst had a wide leg, and was attached to the left half of the lingual surface of epiglottis. During a cyst removal, its membrane was cut. Leakage of cyst contents reduced its capacity, which allowed making full removal of cyst