Author:
McDermott Annlouise,Raj Prabhakaran,Glaholm John,Pearman Kenneth,Macnamara Marcelle
Abstract
Numerous factors contribute towards a late diagnosis of laryngeal malignancy in childhood. These include its rarity, the similarity of its early symptoms to those of other benign, common childhood conditions as well as the relative difficulty encountered during paediatric laryngeal examination.We believe that these cases are of sufficient interest when they occur to warrant reporting since the consequences of late diagnosis in these young patients can be serious.We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx (T3N0M0), who was successfully treated with primary total laryngectomy and bilateral selective neck dissections to avoid the potential additional morbidity of radical radiotherapy.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Otorhinolaryngology,General Medicine
Cited by
10 articles.
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