title: High grade intermediate cell neuroendocrine cancer of the larynx--case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ENT Head and Neck Surgery Department of the Jagiellonian University, Sniadeckich 2 Str, 31-501Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dutsch-Wicherek
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klimek
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urbanczyk
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modrzejewski
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skladzien
mesh_terms: 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