Carcinoma in situ of true vocal cord in a nonsmoker adolescent female.
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.
Mondal
Dodul
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Department of Radiotherapy, Medical College Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Kundu
Sayan
S
Chattopadhyay
Subrata
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Sumitava
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Dastidar
A Ghosh
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Roy
Amitabha
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