title: Primary laryngeal lymphoma in a child.
abstract: Malignant tumors of the larynx are very rare in children. They are often diagnosed late, since the initial symptoms are attributed to the process of larynx development or to other, more common pediatric diseases. Early visualization of the larynx with the aid of flexible or rigid fiberoptic laryngoscopy is essential in children having symptoms suggestive of laryngeal disease. Laryngeal lymphoma in children is exceptionally unusual. The certainty of the diagnosis, which is often very difficult to achieve, is generally confirmed by a tissue biopsy. In the present work, we describe the case of a non-Hodgkin lymphoblastic T-cell lymphoma of the larynx in an eight-year-old boy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Endoscopy, Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina. giselle_cuestas@yahoo.com.ar.
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Giselle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cuestas
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosaleh
authors.forename: Desiderio
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Passali
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zubizarreta
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male