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Primary mucoid adenocarcinoma of the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Y. W. Tsang*
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
K. C. Ngan
Affiliation:
institute of Radiology and Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
J. K. C. Chan
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
*
Dr Y. W. Tsang, Institute of Pathlogy, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Wylie Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Abstract

Mucous gland carcinomas of the larynx are rare, with most being represented by ‘non-specific’ adenocarcinoma and adenoid cystic carcinoma. Here we report a unique case of mucoid adenocarcinoma of the larynx occurring in a 46-year-old woman. Despite the presence of regional lymph node metastasis, she remained well four years after surgery.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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