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Malignant laryngeal fibrous histiocytoma: a new concept of management

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A 75-year-old male patient presented to the Speech and Language Disorder Outpatient Clinic of King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on February, 2010, with a complaint of gradual onset and progressive course of dysphonia for 2 years. Nasofibrolaryngoscopic examination indicated a polipoidal mass of about 1.5 × 1 cm masking the entire glottic inlet. The mass was removed by direct laryngoscopy and diagnosed as a malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The patient developed recurrence of the tumor on the same site postoperatively and underwent the same procedure of excision, followed by a second recurrence. Direct laryngoscopic excision of the tumor was performed for a third time, but with a safety margin of 2 mm. Monthly follow-up examination indicated no postoperative recurrence till 10 months.

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  1. Department of ENT, Faculty of Surgery, Umm-Al-Qurra University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Amin Alherabi

  2. Department of ENT, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Ali I. Aboloyoun

  3. Laboratory and Blood Bank, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

    Tahira Hamid

  4. Department of Strategic Planning, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia

    Mian U. Farooq MBBS, MBA, MSc

  5. Department of ENT, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

    Ali I. Aboloyoun

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Alherabi, A., Aboloyoun, A.I., Hamid, T. et al. Malignant laryngeal fibrous histiocytoma: a new concept of management. Egypt J Otolaryngol 31, 199–201 (2015). https://doi.org/10.4103/1012-5574.159790

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