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Primary composite squamous cell carcinoma and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the hypopharynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. M. Milroy*
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine
P. J. Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University College Hospital, London.
H. R. Grant
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University College Hospital, London.
*
Dr C. M. Milroy, Department of Histopathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Rockefeller Building, University Street, London WC1E 6JJ

Abstract

Neuroendocrine carcinomas are rare neoplasms of the larynx and hypopharynx. Tumours composed of both neuroendocrine and Squamous cell elements are very rare. We report a case of a primary hypopharyngeal carcinoma composed of both squamous cell and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and discuss the treatment of this patient and management of neuroendocrine carcinomas of the larynx and hypopharynx.

Type
View from beneath — Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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