Non-Epidermoid Cancer of the Larynx

Solitary Plasmocytoma of the Larynx

“…Cady et al [9] in 1968 while reviewing 2,500 cases of cancer of the larynx found only 1 case of plasmocytoma. From 1949 to 1974 only 6 cases of solitary extramedullary plasmocytoma of the larynx were seen at the Mayo Clinic [10].…”

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Vocal Cord

“…Adenocarcinoma of the larynx is an un usual tumor comprising less than 1 % of all laryngeal neoplasms [5,8,12,13,15]. A related tumor, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, is even rarer on this site [2,4,14], During 1971 through 1981, 98 patients with carci noma of the larynx were seen at the Depart ment of Otorhinolaryngology of Yamaguchi University School of Medicine.…”

“…Cases of mucoepider moid carcinoma which were seen during the same period are shown in table II. We have found 28 cases of mucoepidermoid carci noma of the larynx in the literature [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] (table III).…”

“…Cady et al [8] recommended surgical management involving total laryngectomy and ipsilatcral neck dissection even for small lesions. Thomas [11], however, states that as metastasis is unpredictable a radical clear ance of the cervical lymphatics is best under taken only in the presence of palpable cervi cal node involvement.…”

“…A review of the literature revealed 28 cases of muco epidermoid carcinoma of the larynx [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], Only 4 of the cases occurred in the vocal cord [11,16,18,20]. We present a case of muco epidermoid carcinoma involving the vocal cord in a male patient, with a review of the literature.…”