Abstract
Solitary fibrous tumours (SFT) are rare neoplasms, with an uncommon laryngeal involvement.
Only five cases of laryngeal localization have been described in literature. The following
is a case of a 75-year-old man with a supraglottic neoplasm of the larynx; after the
biopsy immunohistochemical study demonstrated a strong positivity for vimentin, CD34
and Bcl-2. The neoplasm was consequently classified as a SFT. CO2 laser surgery of the supraglottic larynx, with a wide excision of the neoplasm, was
performed. Twenty-four months on, the patient is alive, well and free of disease.
Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for laryngeal SFT, but tumour-free resection
margins must be achieved to prevent the possibility of local recurrence. Endoscopic
resection by means of the CO2 laser must be accurately planned with MRI or CT imaging to confirm of this kind of
surgery.
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Accepted:
January 12,
2007
Received:
November 17,
2006
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