Search

El adenocarcinoma de laringe es un tipo de tumor muy infrecuente, que supone solo un 0,35-0,5 % de las neoplasias laringeas malignas. Se caracteriza por su elevada agresividad y por su tendencia a producir metastasis en los ganglios linfaticos regionales y a distancia. Presentamos el caso de un varon de 64 anos de edad con un adenocarcinoma de laringe con metastasis ganglionares en el momento del diagnostico. Fue tratado con una combinacion de cirugia y radioterapia postoperatoria. Siete meses despues presento recidiva regional.

Laryngeal adenocarcinomas are extremely unusual (only 0.35 %-0.5 % of all laryngeal malignancies). It usually behaves as a highly malignant tumour, with tendency for local lymph node and distant organ metastases. We report a case of a 64-year-old man with an adenocarcinoma of the larynx with cervical lymph node involvement at the moment of the diagnosis. The patient was treated with surgery (total laryngectomy and cervical lymph node dissection) and post-operative radiotherapy. Seven months later, the patient had a local recurrence.

A 35-year-old woman had a painful, umbilical mass. The nodule was removed and histopathological examination yielded the diagnosis of umbilical endometriosis attached to an umbilical hernia. The presentation of endometriosis as a solitary node in the skin, without involvement of any other location as well as the association with an umbilical hernia are uncommon features of this entity.