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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma presenting as a pharyngeal mass with ball-valve type obstruction of the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

W. C. Lee  and
R. M. Walsh
W. C. Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
R. M. Walsh
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr W. C. Lee, Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Murivance, Shrewsbury SY1 1JS Fax: 01743 357925
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Abstract

Thyroid tumours can compromise the airway by extrinsic compression or invasion of the trachea or larynx and damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve. In this report, the pedunculated extension of a large anaplastic thyroid carcinoma penetrated through the posterior hypopharyngeal wall causing a partial ball-valve type obstruction of the laryngeal inlet on inspiration. This unusual pattern of invasion has not been reported previously.

Keywords

Head and neck neoplasmsThyroid neoplasmsCarcinomaanaplasticRespiratory sounds
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 11 , November 1996 , pp. 1078 - 1080
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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