Synovial Sarcoma of the Larynx: Report of a Case and Review of Literature

Sarcomas account for less than 1% of malignant neoplasms arising in the head and neck in adults. Laryngeal synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare form of laryngeal malignancy with less than 20 cases reported in the literature. We report the case of a 48-year-old man with synovial sarcoma of the laryn...

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Autores principales: Narayanan, Geetha, Baby, Anto, Somanathan, Thara, Konoth, Sreedevi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28280643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6134845
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author Narayanan, Geetha
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description Sarcomas account for less than 1% of malignant neoplasms arising in the head and neck in adults. Laryngeal synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare form of laryngeal malignancy with less than 20 cases reported in the literature. We report the case of a 48-year-old man with synovial sarcoma of the larynx. He underwent excision of the tumor followed by radiation. He is alive in remission at 36 months. The literature on synovial sarcoma of the larynx is reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-53224342017-03-09 Synovial Sarcoma of the Larynx: Report of a Case and Review of Literature Narayanan, Geetha Baby, Anto Somanathan, Thara Konoth, Sreedevi Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Sarcomas account for less than 1% of malignant neoplasms arising in the head and neck in adults. Laryngeal synovial sarcoma is an extremely rare form of laryngeal malignancy with less than 20 cases reported in the literature. We report the case of a 48-year-old man with synovial sarcoma of the larynx. He underwent excision of the tumor followed by radiation. He is alive in remission at 36 months. The literature on synovial sarcoma of the larynx is reviewed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5322434/ /pubmed/28280643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6134845 Text en Copyright © 2017 Geetha Narayanan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5322434/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6134845
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