Collision tumors of the larynx: A critical review

Andrés Coca-Pelaz; Asterios Triantafyllou; Kenneth O Devaney; Alessandra Rinaldo; Robert P Takes; Alfio Ferlito

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.02.010

Collision tumors of the larynx: A critical review

Am J Otolaryngol. 2016 Jul-Aug;37(4):365-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.02.010. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

Authors

Andrés Coca-Pelaz¹, Asterios Triantafyllou², Kenneth O Devaney³, Alessandra Rinaldo⁴, Robert P Takes⁵, Alfio Ferlito⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
² Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of Liverpool and Cellular Pathology, Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, Liverpool, UK.
³ Department of Pathology, Allegiance Health, Jackson, MI, USA.
⁴ University of Udine School of Medicine, Udine, Italy.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁶ Coordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group. Electronic address: a.ferlito@uniud.it.

PMID: 27105979
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2016.02.010

Abstract

Problems related to definition of collision tumors are briefly examined in conjunction with etiology and natural history. Examples of genuine collision tumors in larynx are rare in the literature and are herein identified and tabulated. Aspects related to diagnosis and therapeutic strategies are also explored.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adenoma / diagnosis*
Adenoma / mortality
Adenoma / therapy
Carcinoma / diagnosis*
Carcinoma / mortality
Carcinoma / therapy
Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Laryngeal Neoplasms / mortality
Laryngeal Neoplasms / therapy
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / mortality
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / therapy