Primary laryngeal neuroendocrine carcinoma - a rare entity with deviant clinical presentation.
Primary laryngeal neuroendocrine carcinomas are rare neoplasms. WHO classifies them under five categories of which, the moderately differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma is synonymous with atypical or malignant carcinoid tumour. We report a rare case of primary laryngeal neuroendocrine carcinoma with an unusual and misleading clinical presentation. The initial cytological diagnosis of secondary neuroendocrine carcinoma in the cervical lymph node led to the suspicion of primary neuroendocrine carcinoma in the larynx.
Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B. G. Nagar, Mandya, Karnataka, India .
Hemalatha
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Post Graduate, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B. G. Nagar, Mandya, Karnataka, India .
Anoosha
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Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B. G. Nagar, Mandya, Karnataka, India .
Amita
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Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B. G. Nagar, Mandya, Karnataka, India .
Vijay
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Shankar S
Professor, Department of Surgery, Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences , B. G. Nagar, Mandya, Karnataka, India .
Avadhani
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Geeta K
Atypical carcinoid; Laryngeal; Neuroendocrine