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Basal cell adenocarcinoma of the supraglottic larynx: treatment of recurrent disease with tamoxifen
Author(s) -
Christopher H. Bailey,
Patrick J. Donovan,
Glen J. Weiss
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
rare tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2036-3613
pISSN - 2036-3605
DOI - 10.4081/rt.2011.e55
Subject(s) - medicine , adenocarcinoma , tamoxifen , larynx , pathological , radiation therapy , stage (stratigraphy) , pathology , chemotherapy , cancer , surgery , breast cancer , paleontology , biology
At the age of 83, a woman presented with an extremely rare cancer, basal cell adenocarcinoma (BCAC) of the supraglottic larynx. Pathology revealed a stage IVA tumor, pathological stage T4N0M0. She was treated with surgery and did not receive any adjuvant chemotherapy or radiation therapy. At the age of 93, during a routine examination, the patient was found to have palpable adenopathy and underwent a fine needle aspiration in June 2010. Pathology revealed similar histologic characteristics of her 2001 BCAC diagnosis, and further IHC stains revealed positive estrogen receptor staining

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