Collision tumors of the larynx: A critical review.
Problems related to definition of collision tumors are briefly examined in conjunction with etiology and natural history. Examples of genuine collision tumors in larynx are rare in the literature and are herein identified and tabulated. Aspects related to diagnosis and therapeutic strategies are also explored.
Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
Andrés
A
Coca-Pelaz
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of Liverpool and Cellular Pathology, Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Liverpool, UK.
Asterios
A
Triantafyllou
Department of Pathology, Allegiance Health, Jackson, MI, USA.
Kenneth O
KO
Devaney
University of Udine School of Medicine, Udine, Italy.
Alessandra
A
Rinaldo
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Robert P
RP
Takes
Coordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group. Electronic address: a.ferlito@uniud.it.
Alfio
A
Ferlito
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy