title: De novo laryngeal carcinoma in childhood.
abstract: Numerous factors contribute towards a late diagnosis of laryngeal malignancy in childhood. These include its rarity, the similarity of its early symptoms to those of other benign, common childhood conditions as well as the relative difficulty encountered during paediatric laryngeal examination. We believe that these cases are of sufficient interest when they occur to warrant reporting since the consequences of late diagnosis in these young patients can be serious. We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx (T3N0M0), who was successfully treated with primary total laryngectomy and bilateral selective neck dissections to avoid the potential additional morbidity of radical radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glaholm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pearman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macnamara
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008297:Male