Medullary (thyroid) carcinoma-like carcinoids of the larynx.
The histopathological spectrum of neuroendocrine neoplasms of the larynx includes a subset that may be indistinguishable from a medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. For a patient who presents with a medullary carcinoma-like metastasis in a cervical lymph node and in whom there is no clinically demonstrable thyroid lesion, a laryngeal atypical carcinoid must be excluded. The literature's third example of a primary medullary carcinoma-like atypical carcinoid of the larynx is presented.
Department of Pathology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
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el-Naggar
J G
JG
Batsakis
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Vassilopoulou-Sellin
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Ordonez
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Luna
D000328:Adult; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000032:analysis; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002864:Chromogranins / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000032:analysis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*
D002864:Chromogranins; D002116:Calcitonin; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase