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Palliative laser surgery for melanoma metastatic to the larynx: Report of two cases.
Author(s) -
Morgan Alice Hardin,
Norris Joel William,
Hicks Julius Norton
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198507000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , larynx , melanoma , carbon dioxide laser , head and neck , metastatic melanoma , surgery , dermatology , natural history , laser surgery , radiology , laser , cancer research , physics , optics
Melanoma metastatic to the larynx is an extremely rare entity. This paper describes two patients previously treated for cutaneous melanoma who developed recurrent melanoma involving their larynges. Surgical excision of these lesions was accomplished with the carbon dioxide laser. Apparently, these two patients are the first reported cases of successful management of melanoma metaslatic to the larynx using laser surgery. The paper also discusses the evolving history and diagnosis of laryngeal melanoma, the use of the carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of other laryngeal and tracheobronchial lesions, the incidence of cutaneous and mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, and the diagnostic evaluation and management of melanoma.