Liposarcoma of the glottis: A report of an unusual diagnosis in an unusual location

Amy B. Farkas, MD; Laura K. House, MD; Majid Khan, MD; Ali G. Saad, MD; Ellen Parker, MD; David Joyner, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Jun 2018)

Liposarcoma of the glottis: A report of an unusual diagnosis in an unusual location

Amy B. Farkas, MD,
Laura K. House, MD,
Majid Khan, MD,
Ali G. Saad, MD,
Ellen Parker, MD,
David Joyner, MD

Affiliations

Amy B. Farkas, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA; Corresponding author.
Laura K. House, MD: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
Majid Khan, MD: Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Division of Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore MD 21287, USA
Ali G. Saad, MD: Department of Pathology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
Ellen Parker, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
David Joyner, MD: Department of Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 631 – 634

Abstract

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Liposarcoma of the larynx is a rare entity, typically well differentiated with a good prognosis. We present a patient who presented to ENT clinic with a 3-month history of hoarseness. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the neck demonstrated a 2.5-cm mass of the true vocal cord, which biopsy demonstrated to be dedifferentiated liposarcoma of the larynx. The patient went on to total laryngectomy with planned adjuvant radiation therapy. The presentation and imaging findings of laryngeal liposarcoma are nonspecific, but this neoplasm should be considered in the differential of masses in the head and neck. Keywords: Liposarcoma, Larynx

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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