Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx: Report of a Rare Tumor

Primary small cell carcinoma of larynx is a rare tumor representing less than 0.5% of all laryngeal cancers. This is one of the most lethal of all malignancies associated with frequent early widespread metastases and dismal prognosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old patient with small cell carcino...

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Autores principales: Singh, Harmeet, Chauhan, Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/978676
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description Primary small cell carcinoma of larynx is a rare tumor representing less than 0.5% of all laryngeal cancers. This is one of the most lethal of all malignancies associated with frequent early widespread metastases and dismal prognosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old patient with small cell carcinoma of the subglottic larynx, who presented with hepatic metastasis.
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spelling pubmed-33502772012-05-17 Primary Small Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx: Report of a Rare Tumor Singh, Harmeet Chauhan, Ashok Case Rep Oncol Med Case Report Primary small cell carcinoma of larynx is a rare tumor representing less than 0.5% of all laryngeal cancers. This is one of the most lethal of all malignancies associated with frequent early widespread metastases and dismal prognosis. We report a case of a 60-year-old patient with small cell carcinoma of the subglottic larynx, who presented with hepatic metastasis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3350277/ /pubmed/22606450 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/978676 Text en Copyright © 2011 H. Singh and A. Chauhan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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