Spindle cell carcinoma: Two instances mistaken for vocal polyps

Spindle-cell Eptdermoid Carcinoma

For several years the authors have been interested in certain peculiar tumors of the skin and mucous membranes which have been designated as spindle-cell epidermoid carcinomas. Most of these lesions have occurred in the zone including and surrounding the lip, and this particular group has been especially selected for the present study, although tumors of somewhat similar histology have been not...

Vocal Polyps in Tourette Syndrome

Hoarseness and dysphonia are often a result of vocal cord polyps which in turn, are linked to vocal trauma. We report the case of vocal polyps in the setting of a 27-year old male with a history only remarkable for Tourette syndrome. We review the literature regarding etiology and pathophysiology of vocal cord lesions and propose vocal tics in Tourette syndrome as an under-recognized etiology. ...

Laryngeal spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma.

Cutaneous Spindle Cell Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015 113 Received February 4, 2014, Accepted for publication April 20, 2014 Corresponding author: Dong Soo Yu, Department of Dermatology, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, 271 Cheonbo-ro, Uijeongbu 480-717, Korea. Tel: 82-31-820-3123, Fax: 82-31-846-4799, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-...

The VHI Analysis of vocal polyps and vocal nodules

Objective: Explore the practical clinical significance and correlation of voice handicap index (VHI) for vocal polyps and vocal nodules, and further validate practicality of VHI. Methods: VHI of vocal cord polyp group (n = 35), vocal nodule group (n = 29), and control group (n = 22) was surveyed respectively. The VHI investigation included three categories of function (F), physiology (P) and em...