Primary small cell carcinoma of the larynx
| Autor: | Masahiro Kawaida, Akihiro Shiotani, Yoichi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Kusuyama, Jin Kanzaki, Shunichi Sasaki, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Ryohei Sakaguchi, Mitsuhiro Kawaura, Tsukasa Sako |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Larynx
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Biopsy Surgical specimen Small-cell carcinoma Diagnosis Differential Carcinoma Medicine Humans Carcinoma Small Cell Laryngeal Neoplasms Aged Neoplasm Staging Chemotherapy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy Radiation therapy Microscopy Electron medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Chemotherapy Adjuvant Immunohistochemistry Surgery Female Radiotherapy Adjuvant business |
| Zdroj: | Auris, nasus, larynx. 21(2) |
| ISSN: | 0385-8146 |
| Popis: | Small cell carcinoma is a rare tumor of the larynx. We present such a case in a 78-year-old female. The histopathological diagnosis at the time of laryngomicroscopic biopsy was squamous cell carcinoma, upon which basis we initially chose surgical treatment. The surgical specimen, however, revealed small cell carcinoma. Despite the administration of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the patient died 9 months after initial presentation. We believe that this case illustrates the need for a sufficiently large biopsy specimen in order to arrive at the correct histopathological diagnosis when small cell carcinoma of the larynx is present, and that immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy should be performed to aid the diagnosis. |
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