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Medullary (thyroid) carcinoma-like carcinoids of the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Adel K. El-Naggar ,
John G. Batsakis ,
Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin ,
Nelson G. Ordonez  and
Mario A Luna
Adel K. El-Naggar
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology. The university of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
John G. Batsakis*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology. The university of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin
Affiliation:
Departments of Endocrinology. The university of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Nelson G. Ordonez
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology. The university of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Mario A Luna
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology. The university of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
*
John G. Batsakis, M.D., Department of Pathology, Box 85, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030.
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Abstract

The histopathological spectrum of neuroendocrine neoplasms of the larynx includes a subset that may be indistinguishable from a medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland. For a patient who presents with a medullary carcinoma-like metastasis in a cervicallymph node and in whom there is no clinically demonstrable thyroid lesion, a laryngeal atypical carcinoid must be excluded. The literature's third example ofa primary medullary carcinoma-like atypical carcinoid of the larynx is presented.

Keywords

Laryngeal neoplasmsCarcinoid
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 8 , August 1991 , pp. 683 - 686
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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