title: Larynx osteosarcoma: case report.
abstract: We present the case of a laryngeal osteosarcoma in a 69-year-old man, which generated many diagnostic and treatment difficulties. The patient was admitted to the hospital because of persisting hoarseness and a laryngeal tumor was seen on laryngoscopy. Total laryngectomy was performed and the pathological examination of the resected material showed osteosarcoma of the larynx. Postoperative radiotherapy was planned but the patient declined any treatment. He was readmitted to the hospital 5 months later with a neck tumor and enlarged lymph nodes on the right side of the neck. Chemotherapy started and during treatment metastatic lymph nodes on the left side of the neck and pulmonary metastases were detected.
authors.affiliation: Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Istanbul, Turkey. marslan19@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orhan-Kizilkaya
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aksakal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uyanoglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erkal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kabukcuoglu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents