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Tuba Bayındır1, Neşe Karadağ, Erkan Karataş
1Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey. tbayindir@inonu.edu.tr
Abstract:
Neuroendocrine tumors of the larynx are rarely seen neoplasms. Atypical carcinoid tumor is the most common type of the neuroendocrine tumors of the larynx, whereas the typical carcinoid tumor is the most infrequent type. Preferable treatment in typical carcinoid tumor is particularly conservative surgery without neck dissection. Radio-chemotherapy is ineffective. In this report, we present a 61-year-old female case of typical carcinoid tumor of the larynx with histological findings and applied treatment modality.
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