Glottic Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Glottic Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Pleomorphic sarcoma of the larynx is a rare variant of laryngeal cancer. We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient who has been smoking for 40 years. He presented with signs and symptoms of an obstructive glottic mass. The diagnostic workup pointed to a malignant pathology; the histopatholog...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case Reports in Oncology 2021-01, Vol.14 (1), p.641-646
Hauptverfasser: Aljariri, Adham A., Alsaleh, Abdulrahman R., Al-Enazi, Hussain A., Haider, Hasan A., Petkar, Mahir, Rahman, Waheed, Nashwan, Abdulqadir Jeprel
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Case Report
Case reports
Case studies
Chemotherapy
Dermatofibroma
Diagnosis
Glottis
Health aspects
Laryngeal cancer
Laryngeal diseases
laryngectomy
Larynx
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Patients
Radiation therapy
Sarcoma
Surgery
Tumors
undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
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Zusammenfassung:Pleomorphic sarcoma of the larynx is a rare variant of laryngeal cancer. We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient who has been smoking for 40 years. He presented with signs and symptoms of an obstructive glottic mass. The diagnostic workup pointed to a malignant pathology; the histopathology report confirmed the diagnosis of glottic undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (malignant fibrous histiocytoma).
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000514977