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Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report

BACKGROUND: Chondrosarcomas of the larynx are malignant tumours that most commonly originate from the hyaline cartilage. Chondrosarcoma of the larynx, the most common type of low-grade tumour, accounts for 1% of all laryngeal neoplasms. CASE SUMMARY: We present the case of a 60-year-old female patie...

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Autores principales: Vučković, Ljiljana, Klisic, Aleksandra, Filipović, Aleksandar, Popović, Mirko, Ćulafić, Tatjana
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Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34621830
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i26.7805
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author Vučković, Ljiljana
Klisic, Aleksandra
Filipović, Aleksandar
Popović, Mirko
Ćulafić, Tatjana
author_facet Vučković, Ljiljana
Klisic, Aleksandra
Filipović, Aleksandar
Popović, Mirko
Ćulafić, Tatjana
author_sort Vučković, Ljiljana
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description BACKGROUND: Chondrosarcomas of the larynx are malignant tumours that most commonly originate from the hyaline cartilage. Chondrosarcoma of the larynx, the most common type of low-grade tumour, accounts for 1% of all laryngeal neoplasms. CASE SUMMARY: We present the case of a 60-year-old female patient who developed progressive hoarseness and shortness of breath over a 2-mo period. The patient had undergone resection of a laryngeal tumour 14 years before the aforementioned symptoms occurred, and histopathological analysis indicated that it was a chondroma. During the assessment of the patient, a submucosal, oval-shaped tumour was detected that was predominantly located on the left side of the larynx and was approximately 6 cm in size. The decision to perform left partial vertical laryngectomy was made. A pathohistological diagnosis of low-grade chondrosarcoma was made. Considering the results of pathohistological analysis and the positive margins of the resection, a total laryngectomy was performed. During the 12-mo follow-up, no local relapse or regional or distant metastases was detected. CONCLUSION: Chondrosarcoma of the larynx must be considered in the differential diagnosis of laryngeal submucosal tumours. It is crucial to carefully sample of tumour tissue, differentiate chondroma and chondrosarcoma, and consider the possibility of malignant changes from chondroma to chondrosarcoma.
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spelling pubmed-84622582021-10-06 Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report Vučković, Ljiljana Klisic, Aleksandra Filipović, Aleksandar Popović, Mirko Ćulafić, Tatjana World J Clin Cases Case Report BACKGROUND: Chondrosarcomas of the larynx are malignant tumours that most commonly originate from the hyaline cartilage. Chondrosarcoma of the larynx, the most common type of low-grade tumour, accounts for 1% of all laryngeal neoplasms. CASE SUMMARY: We present the case of a 60-year-old female patient who developed progressive hoarseness and shortness of breath over a 2-mo period. The patient had undergone resection of a laryngeal tumour 14 years before the aforementioned symptoms occurred, and histopathological analysis indicated that it was a chondroma. During the assessment of the patient, a submucosal, oval-shaped tumour was detected that was predominantly located on the left side of the larynx and was approximately 6 cm in size. The decision to perform left partial vertical laryngectomy was made. A pathohistological diagnosis of low-grade chondrosarcoma was made. Considering the results of pathohistological analysis and the positive margins of the resection, a total laryngectomy was performed. During the 12-mo follow-up, no local relapse or regional or distant metastases was detected. CONCLUSION: Chondrosarcoma of the larynx must be considered in the differential diagnosis of laryngeal submucosal tumours. It is crucial to carefully sample of tumour tissue, differentiate chondroma and chondrosarcoma, and consider the possibility of malignant changes from chondroma to chondrosarcoma. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021-09-16 2021-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8462258/ /pubmed/34621830 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i26.7805 Text en ©The Author(s) 2021. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Vučković, Ljiljana
Klisic, Aleksandra
Filipović, Aleksandar
Popović, Mirko
Ćulafić, Tatjana
Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report
title Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report
title_full Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report
title_fullStr Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report
title_short Low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: A case report
title_sort low-grade chondrosarcoma of the larynx: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34621830
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v9.i26.7805
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