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*Prevalence - supraglottic & glottic > subglottic.
*Glottic tend to present earlier - as they affect phonation.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===

Revision as of 23:36, 2 May 2012

Laryngeal carcinoma is a subset of head and neck pathology.

Normal histology

The normal histology is dependent on the site.[1]

Pathology

Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma

General

  • 95% of laryngeal carcinomas.[2]

Risk factors:[2]

  1. Smoking.
  2. Alcohol.

Carinoma - subclassification by site

It is generally divided the following way:[3]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Laryngeal cancer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supraglottis
 
 
Glottis
 
 
Subglottis

Features:[4]

  • Prevalence - supraglottic & glottic > subglottic.
  • Glottic tend to present earlier - as they affect phonation.

Microscopic

See squamous cell carcinoma.

See also

References

  1. Koren, R.; Kristt, D.; Shvero, J.; Yaniv, E.; Dekel, Y.; Gal, R. (2002). "The spectrum of laryngeal neoplasia: the pathologist's view.". Pathol Res Pract 198 (11): 709-15. PMID 12530572.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 396. ISBN 978-1416054542.
  3. URL: http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Larynx_11protocol.pdf. Accessed on: 2 May 2012.
  4. Humphrey, Peter A; Dehner, Louis P; Pfeifer, John D (2008). The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology (1st ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 24. ISBN 978-0781765275.