TY - JOUR
T1 - Carcinoid tumor of the larynx
AU - Gapany-Gapanaviĉius, Boris
AU - Kenan, Samuel
PY - 1981/1
Y1 - 1981/1
N2 - Primary carcinoid of the larynx is an unusual neoplasm. Only one case could be traced in the literature so far. Another case, a 55-year-old male patient, is presented and discussed. The tumor proved to be malignant, showing histological, histochemical and electron microscopical characteristics of a carcinoid. Initially there was a striking discrepancy between the scanty findings in the larynx and the wide metastatic spread of the tumor into the cervical lymph nodes along the internal jugular vein, and the progression of the process was markedly slower than that of laryngeal carcinoma. Despite the massive dose of radiotherapy that had been administered after radical neck dissection in an attempt to preserve the larynx, the tumor continued to expand, infiltrating the laryngeal tissues and causing stenosis that necessitated total laryngectomy, thus again proving that the treatment of choice in laryngeal carcinoid should be wide surgical excision.
AB - Primary carcinoid of the larynx is an unusual neoplasm. Only one case could be traced in the literature so far. Another case, a 55-year-old male patient, is presented and discussed. The tumor proved to be malignant, showing histological, histochemical and electron microscopical characteristics of a carcinoid. Initially there was a striking discrepancy between the scanty findings in the larynx and the wide metastatic spread of the tumor into the cervical lymph nodes along the internal jugular vein, and the progression of the process was markedly slower than that of laryngeal carcinoma. Despite the massive dose of radiotherapy that had been administered after radical neck dissection in an attempt to preserve the larynx, the tumor continued to expand, infiltrating the laryngeal tissues and causing stenosis that necessitated total laryngectomy, thus again proving that the treatment of choice in laryngeal carcinoid should be wide surgical excision.
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U2 - 10.1177/000348948109000111
DO - 10.1177/000348948109000111
M3 - Article
C2 - 7469295
AN - SCOPUS:0019350242
SN - 0003-4894
VL - 90
SP - 42
EP - 47
JO - Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
JF - Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
IS - 1
ER -