Long-term survival after resection of metastases in the lungs and larynx originating from sigmoid colon cancer: report of a case.

نویسندگان

  • Shinya Terashima
  • Satoshi Watanabe
  • Mitsuo Shoji
چکیده

Metastatic neoplasms in the larynx from remote primary tumors are uncommon, and laryngeal metastasis originating from the colorectum is extremely rare. We herein report a case of metastatic laryngeal carcinoma originating from sigmoid colon cancer in a 54-year-old female. Curative partial laryngectomy was performed, and the patient remains alive with a good quality of life and no signs of recurrence seven years and eight months after sigmoidectomy and four years and eight months after partial laryngectomy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Fukushima journal of medical science

دوره 60 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014