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Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2005; 43(1): 37-41 Abstract |
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Full Text in English [PDF] 591 KB |
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Laryngeal Paraganglioma Causing Airway Obstruction: A Case Report Hava Yolu Obstrüksiyonuna Neden Olan Laringeal Paraganglioma: Olgu Sunumu H. Üçüncü*, B. Aktan*, F. Erdoğan**, S. Eren***, Y. Sütbeyaz* |
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*Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, **Department of Pathology, and ***Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. |
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Paraganglioma, larynx, neuroendocrine tumour, vascular tumour |
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Paragangliomas are neuroendocrine tumours commonly seen in the adrenal gland. The commonest paraganglioma that arises from extra-adrenal sites is carotid body. Paragangliomas are rarely seen in the larynx. It is, however, important to consider paragangliomas of the larynx in the differential diagnosis of the laryngeal masses. This study introduces a 63-year-old man who has been suffering from hoarseness for 18 months and has begun to experience dyspnea in recent times and who has had an operation due to the diagnosis of a laryngeal mass. The histopathologic result of the patient who was operated using laryngofissur procedure turned out to be paraganglioma. There was no recurrence in the postoperative 9th month. As in our case, considerably large-sized paragangliomas may be excised with laryngofissur procedure. However, surgeons have to be alert due to the serious bleeding risk during the local excision. |
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| Accepted after revision: | December 20, 2004 | ||
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Harun Üçüncü, MD
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum - Türkiye Phone: (0442) 236 12 12 / 1691, Fax: (0442) 236 13 01 e-mail: hucuncu@atauni.edu.tr |
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Copyright © 2005 by the Turkish Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. |
