High grade intermediate cell neuroendocrine cancer of the larynx--case report.
Primary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas are rare pathological findings in the upper respiratory tract, approximately 650 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of 51-year old male with a high grade intermediate cell neuroendocrine epiglottic cancer. The current classification according to the WHO Classification of Tumors published in 2005 is discussed.
Dutsch-Wicherek
Magdalena
M
ENT Head and Neck Surgery Department of the Jagiellonian University, Sniadeckich 2 Str, 31-501Krakow, Poland.
Klimek
Marek
M
Urbanczyk
Katarzyna
K
Modrzejewski
Maciej
M
Skladzien
Jacek
J
D018278:Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged