Primary small cell carcinoma of the larynx. Survival time of 47 months. Case report

Small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the larynx is a rare type of neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), few cases of which have been described in the literature. The prognosis for this type of carcinoma is poor, with a survival time typically not exceeding two years. We describe the case of a 54-year-old male pa...

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Autores principales: Raposo, A., Marco, A., García-Solano, M.E., Martínez-Ortiz, M.J., García-Purriños, F., Lajara, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29946458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2018.04.031
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author Raposo, A.
Marco, A.
García-Solano, M.E.
Martínez-Ortiz, M.J.
García-Purriños, F.
Lajara, J.
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Marco, A.
García-Solano, M.E.
Martínez-Ortiz, M.J.
García-Purriños, F.
Lajara, J.
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description Small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the larynx is a rare type of neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), few cases of which have been described in the literature. The prognosis for this type of carcinoma is poor, with a survival time typically not exceeding two years. We describe the case of a 54-year-old male patient with a primary tumor in the right ventricular band and a biopsy compatible with SCC. The patient underwent radiotherapy (RT) and concomitant chemotherapy (QT) and, after a relapse at 17 months, underwent total laryngectomy with bilateral neck dissection. The survival time was 47 months. Further studies are required to elucidate the possible causes of the better prognosis in some cases.
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spelling pubmed-60164402018-06-26 Primary small cell carcinoma of the larynx. Survival time of 47 months. Case report Raposo, A. Marco, A. García-Solano, M.E. Martínez-Ortiz, M.J. García-Purriños, F. Lajara, J. Ann Med Surg (Lond) Case Report Small cell carcinoma (SCC) of the larynx is a rare type of neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC), few cases of which have been described in the literature. The prognosis for this type of carcinoma is poor, with a survival time typically not exceeding two years. We describe the case of a 54-year-old male patient with a primary tumor in the right ventricular band and a biopsy compatible with SCC. The patient underwent radiotherapy (RT) and concomitant chemotherapy (QT) and, after a relapse at 17 months, underwent total laryngectomy with bilateral neck dissection. The survival time was 47 months. Further studies are required to elucidate the possible causes of the better prognosis in some cases. Elsevier 2018-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6016440/ /pubmed/29946458 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2018.04.031 Text en © 2018 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short Primary small cell carcinoma of the larynx. Survival time of 47 months. Case report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29946458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2018.04.031
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