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Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma arising from the subglottis: a case report and review of the literature
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Publisher :
- Springer Nature
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Abstract
- Background Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma is an extremely rare disease that usually occurs in the parotid gland but can occur in a variety of sites such as the nasal cavity, paranasal sinus, and base of the tongue. Case presentation We report a rare case of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma, which developed in the subglottic region. A 78-year-old Korean woman visited our hospital complaining of hoarseness, which had developed 1 month previously. Flexible laryngoscopy showed a round mass that blocked approximately 80 % of the tracheal diameter. Complete excision of the mass was carried out under general anesthesia, using a transoral approach. Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma was diagnosed following immunohistochemical analysis. Conclusions We report a rare case of epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma that occurred in the subglottic region. To the best of our knowledge, only one other case has been reported since this disease was first identified approximately 40 years ago.
- Subjects :
- Nasal cavity
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Case Report
Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
Myoepithelioma
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Carcinoma
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Subglottis
Laryngeal Neoplasms
Sinus (anatomy)
Aged
Medicine(all)
business.industry
General Medicine
Laryngeal Neoplasm
medicine.disease
Parotid gland
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
Radiology
business
Rare disease
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17521947
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9305e440129a867916738782866e1622
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0824-8