Clinicopathological Study of Supraglottic Carcinoma of Larynx

Incidence of supraglottic carcinoma is more common which may be related to poor nutrition with personal habit like smoking and chewing habit of betel leaves with various ingredient. Objectives: To find out the incidence, age and sex distribution, occupation and clinical presentation of supraglottic carcinoma of larynx. Materials and Methods: In this prospective study, 30 patients of supraglottic carcinoma are collected from department of ENT and Head-Neck surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka from July 2012 to July 2013. Results: Patients belongs to different age groups, ranging from 40 to 80 years and maximum patients are in 50 to 60 years of age. The male to female ratio is 5:1. In this series, majority of patients are smoker (66.66%). Most of them are from low socio-economic group. The incidence of lymph node involvement is 40% (12 cases). Maximum number of patients presents with exophytic lesion (60%). Ulcerative lesions are 26.66% and infiltrative lesions are 13.33%. Maximum numbers of patients have T2 lesions (80%). T1 lesions are 20%. In this study all cases are histopathologically confirmed to be squamous cell carcinoma (100%). In this study, all cases are M0 state. Conclusion: Supraglottic carcinoma occurs between 40-80 years of age, more common in 5th and 6th decades. Chewing betel nut and tobacco should be avoided to reduce the risk of supraglottic carcinoma and early presentation & diagnosis will improve the prognosis of patients. JAFMC Bangladesh. Vol 15, No 2 (December) 2019: 224-226