title: Carcinoma in situ of true vocal cord in a nonsmoker adolescent female.
abstract: Carcinoma in situ (precancerous lesion) of true vocal cord in a nonsmoker adolescent female without any history of prior neck irradiation is rare. A 16-year-old female patient without any of the known risk factors presented with history of gradual-onset hoarseness of voice unrelieved by symptomatic treatments for 1 year. Contrast-enhanced CT scan of neck and laryngoscopy and histopathology of the tissue from irregular lesions along the medial margin of the left vocal cord diagnosed it as a case of carcinoma in situ of vocal cord. Absence of known risk factors and very young age of the patient made this case a rarity and hence the case is being reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Dodul
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Sayan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kundu
authors.forename: Subrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: Sumitava
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: A Ghosh
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dastidar
authors.forename: Amitabha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy