Abstract
A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the larynx was reported. The patient was a 55-year-old man who had complained of hoarseness for five months. A biopsy from a tumor of left vocal cord revealed a moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Although the tumor lesions disappeared with chemotherapy (CDDP 100mg) and radiotherapy (liniac 66 Gy) 10 months later, there was a recurrence at which time a total laryngectomy was performed. The final pathologic diagnosis was mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the larynx. Mucoepider moid carcinoma originating in the larynx is extremely rare. Only 11 cases have been reported in the Japanese literature. Our case was initially diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma.
