Laryngeal cancer differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Faizan Sheraz, M.D. [2]
Overview
Laryngeal carcinoma must be differentiated from laryngeal syphilis, lymphoma, and chronic laryngitis.[1]
Differentiating Laryngeal Cancer from other Diseases
Laryngeal carcinoma must be differentiated from:[1]
- Chronic laryngitis
- Larynx syphilis
- Larynx tuberculosis
- Laryngeal granuloma
- Laryngeal polyp
- Vallecular carcinoma
- Laryngeal papilloma
- Vallecular cyst
- Laryngocele
- Spindle cell neoplasm
- Mesenchymal neoplasm
- Papilloma
- Neuroendocrine tumor
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Protocol applies to all invasive carcinomas of the larynx, including supraglottis, glottis, and subglottis.http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Larynx_11protocol.pdf. Accessed on: October 28, 2015.