BACKGROUND Malignant tumours of minor salivary glands are uncommon, representing only 2-4% of all head and neck cancers. In the larynx, minor salivary gland tumours rarely occur and constitute less than 1% of laryngeal neoplasm. Most of the minor salivary gland tumours arise in the subglottis; however, they can also occur in the supraglottis, in the false vocal cords, aryepiglottic folds and ca...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Total thyroidectomy is indicated in most cases with postcricoid carcinoma, circumferential hypopharyngeal carcinoma and in advanced laryngeal carcinoma. Persistent hypoparathyroidism is a frequent complication after total thyroidectomy which is difficult to manage unlike hypothyroidism. This study was to assess the feasibility of parathyroid gland autotranplantation af...

Nowadays clinics can offer patients a variety of different therapy options when laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is diagnosed histologically. Depending on a variety of different factors, including tumor size, possible metastasis, health status and age of the patient, but also economic factors, a treatment schedule is established. Aim of every treatment decision should be organ larynx preservat...

INTRODUCTION Laryngeal tuberculosis is a rare and often misdiagnosed disease. Its diagnosis is based on the association of a laryngeal lesion and the microbiological detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Stool cultures have recently been described as a useful tool in the diagnosis of atypical forms of tuberculosis. In this report, we describe the first case in the literature of laryngeal tub...

Among head and neck Squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs), the larynx is one of the sites most involved, being traditionally associated with tobacco and alcohol use, especially when in combination [1]. As squamous carcinoma develops throughout a step progression in various stages of dysplasia, many molecular changes have been described [2]. The implication of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in HNSCC de...

DESCRIPTION A 67-year-old man, a heavy smoker with a history of myocardial infarction, was followed up for a T3N2M0 laryngeal carcinoma. After primary chemotherapy, lateral pharyngo-laryngectomy was performed, followed by radiotherapy. Two-years later, mild dyspnoea at rest appeared and a relapse was suspected, as an ulcerated lesion with oedema was detected during endoscopy (figure 1A). Pathol...