title: [Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the larynx, trachea and thyroid].
abstract: The aim of this article was to describe rarely occurred carcinoma adenoides cysticum located in the larynx, trachea and thyroid. Epidemiology, clinical course and medical therapy was demonstrated. In reported case concerning 65-year old woman early bilateral paresis of vocal folds was observed as results of the perineural infiltration. That caused sudden laryngeal dyspnea. It is important to pay attention on local extensiveness of neoplasm. Besides changes in larynx, neoplastic infiltration was found in trachea, preesophageal tissues and right lobe of thyroid. For above reasons there is no possible to exclude thyroid as a primary tumor of carcinoma adenoides cysticum.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Otolaryngologii AM w Lodzi.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gryczyński
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Rak gruczołowo-torbielowaty krtani, tchawicy i gruczołu tarczowego.