title: [Calcitonin-producing neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx: atypical carcinoid tumor].
abstract: A 63-year-old woman presented with a metastasizing neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx (atypical carcinoid) that was misdiagnosed as laryngeal paraglioma. The calcitonin-producing tumor simulated a medullary thyroid carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: FEA de ORL, Hospital Comarcal de Sierrallana, Torrelavega.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomás Bezos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Quiñones Sanz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Mantilla
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carrera
mesh_terms: D002116:Calcitonin / Q000032:analysis*; D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin
vernacular_title: Carcinoma neuroendocrino de laringe productor de calcitonina: tumor carcinoide atípico.