Introduction: Actinomycosis of the larynx has been rarely reported in the literature and usually occurs in patients with a history of laryngeal carcinoma and radiation therapy. However, its co-existence with chondroradionecrosis due to radiotherapy is even rarer. The most common site of infection is the cervicofacial region, especially in the submandibular area.   Case Report: Here we report a ...

paragangliomas in the head and neck are found typically in the region of the carotid body, jugular body, and along the 9th and 10th cranial nerves. they can occur in multicenteric forms, but generally, laryngeal paragangliomas are not found in these patients. only two cases of laryngeal paraganglioma have been reported with a synchronous lesion elsewhere. we report an additional case of a 34-ye...

Malignancy is the most common cause of tracheoesophageal fistulas. The malignancies commonly implicated in the development of tracheoesophageal fistulas are primary bronchial or esophageal carcinomas. Hodgkins disease rarely leads to such a fistula. We report a case of Hodgkin's disease with a tracheoesophageal fistula as well as a left recurrent nerve palsy at presentation. This presentation h...

We report a case of laryngeal tuberculosis in a 47-year-old Korean man. Laryngeal tuberculosis is rare and currently accounts for less than 1% of all cases of tuberculosis. Clinical features of laryngeal tuberculosis include hoarseness, odynophagia and dyspnoea. Macroscopically, laryngeal tuberculosis may mimic laryngeal carcinoma, chronic laryngitis or laryngeal candidiasis. The diagnosis is o...

the aim of this study is to determine whether there is a role of podoplanin and glutathione s-transferases t1 (gst-t1) expression in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. the study was completed with 33 patients and gene expression analysis was performed by qrt–pcr. the podoplanin and gst-t1 expression patterns were analyzed to determine their correlation with clinicopathologic parameters of laryn...

Carcinoid tumour of the larynx is extremely rare. The increasing number of these lesions reported is due to the application of ultrastructural and immunological methods in the diagnosis. Two new cases of this malignant neoplasm are presented and discussed with particular reference to the difficulty in distinguishing carcinoids from other tumours of the larynx. The accurate pathological identifi...

laryngeal leiomysarcoma is an extremely rare malignancy originating from smooth muscle cells. its rarity is due to the fact that only less than 50 cases of pure laryngeal leiomyosarcoma and less than 10 cases of hypopharyngeal leiomyosarcaoma have been reported in modern medical literature.  even though the clinical presentation mimics that of a laryngeal carcinoma forming the major bulk of the...

Background & objective:Primary pleural neoplasms are rare entities compared with the pleural involvement by metastatic carcinoma. The current study aimed at investigating the complete spectrum of pleural neoplasms and differentiating between them with the aid of immunohistochemistry (IHC). Methods: Consecutive pleu...

OBJECTIVE To determine the differences in myelination between the human recurrent laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal nerve. METHODS Fifteen confirmed laryngeal nerve specimens were harvested from five cadavers. Cross-sections were examined under a photomicroscope and morphometric analysis performed. RESULTS There was a significantly greater number of myelinated fibres than unmyelinated ...

following the first report of laryngeal small cell carcinoma in canada in 1972,only 82 cases of this cancer has been reported in the literature untill 2001.this cancer originates from laryngeal neuroendocrine cells.It,s clinical presentation consists of hoarseness,breathing difficulty:and cigarette smoking is the most important risk factor.this type of cancer is mostly presented after 50 years ...