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Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Cosme Ereño
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Hospital de Basurto, Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain
José López
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Hospital de Basurto, Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain
Javier Grande
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Hospital de Basurto, Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain
Francisco Santaolalla
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital de Basurto, Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain
Francisco Bilbao
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, Hospital de Basurto, Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain

Abstract

A case of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the larynx in a 74-year old man is reported. The lesion presented as a polypoid tumour arising in the left true vocal fold. The patient died of non-tumour-related causes and the autopsy showed persistence of the laryngeal tumour. Multicentricity and distant metastases were not detected. The literature about this entity and its differential diagnosis is reviewed and briefly commented upon.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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