Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx presenting as a primary unknown carcinoma

Kentaro Miki; Yorihisa Orita; Soichiro Nose; Misato Hirai; Yasuyuki Noyama; Shuhei Domae; Kazuo Hamaya

doi:10.1016/j.anl.2011.02.007

Neuroendocrine carcinoma of the larynx presenting as a primary unknown carcinoma

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2012 Feb;39(1):98-102. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.02.007. Epub 2011 May 13.

Authors

Kentaro Miki¹, Yorihisa Orita, Soichiro Nose, Misato Hirai, Yasuyuki Noyama, Shuhei Domae, Kazuo Hamaya

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Okayama Saiseikai General Hospital, Japan.

PMID: 21570790
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.02.007

Abstract

Objective: The case of an 80-year-old man showing a metastatic cervical small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma is presented.

Results: The primary site could not be found at first; it took 8-10 months to detect the primary lesion in the larynx.

Conclusion: (18)F-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) was useful to find the submucosal lesion. Despite surgical treatments and chemotherapy, the patient survived for only 21 months.

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / diagnostic imaging
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / secondary*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Head and Neck Neoplasms / secondary*
Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Laryngeal Neoplasms / pathology*
Male
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / diagnosis*
Positron-Emission Tomography

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18