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Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP24>{{Ref WMSP|24}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.health.am/cr/more/statistics-and-prognosis-for-cancer-of-the-larynx/ http://www.health.am/cr/more/statistics-and-prognosis-for-cancer-of-the-larynx/]. Accessed on: 2 May 2012.</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP24>{{Ref WMSP|24}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.health.am/cr/more/statistics-and-prognosis-for-cancer-of-the-larynx/ http://www.health.am/cr/more/statistics-and-prognosis-for-cancer-of-the-larynx/]. Accessed on: 2 May 2012.</ref> | ||
*Prevalence - glottis > supraglottis > subglottis. | *Prevalence - glottis > supraglottis > subglottis. | ||
*Glottic carcinoma | *Glottic carcinoma tends to present earlier (as it affects phonation) and, therefore, has a better prognosis. | ||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Revision as of 12:41, 3 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]
- Smoking.
- Alcohol.
Carinoma - subclassification by site
It is generally divided the following way:[3]
| Laryngeal cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Supraglottis | Glottis | Subglottis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Prevalence - glottis > supraglottis > subglottis.
- Glottic carcinoma tends to present earlier (as it affects phonation) and, therefore, has a better prognosis.
Microscopic
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ URL: http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Larynx_11protocol.pdf. Accessed on: 2 May 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ URL: http://www.health.am/cr/more/statistics-and-prognosis-for-cancer-of-the-larynx/. Accessed on: 2 May 2012.