Case Report

Laryngeal Giant Cell Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Summary of reported cases of GCT of the larynx.

CaseAgeSexLocationTreatmentFollow-up

Wessely [4]51MaleCricoidRT
Federova [7]35MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomy + RTNED 1 y
Wagemann [8]40MaleCricothyroidLaryngectomy + RTNED 7 y
Perrino [9]32MaleCricoidLaryngofissure + RTNED 0.25 y
Kaliteevskii and Korol'kova [10]52MaleThyroidLaryngectomy
Pohl [11]50MaleThyroidRTNED 2 y
Kohn [12]50MaleEpiglottisNA
Rudert [13]53MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomyNED 8 y
Hall-Jones [14]26MaleThyroidLaryngectomyNED 1.5 y
Goto and Nakashima [15]47MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomy
Kotarba and Niezabitowski [16]60MaleEpiglottisPartial laryngectomyNED 0.5 y
Ribari et al. [17]35MaleCricoidLaryngectomy + RTNED 6 y
Kubo et al. [18]40MaleCricoidLaryngofissure + 5-Fluorouracil + RT
Tsybyme and Bogdanskaia [19]34MaleThyroidLaryngofissure + RT
Borghese et al. [20]28MaleThyroidLaryngofissureNED 1.25 y
Badet et al. [21]23FemaleNANA
Murrell and Lantz [22]42MaleThyroidLaryngectomy + neck dissection
Martin et al. [23]23MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomyNED 5 y
Miyata et al. [24]60MaleThyroidLaryngectomy
Werner et al. [25]35MaleThyroidLaryngectomyNED 7.5 y
Hinni [26]31MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomyNED 3 y
Wieneke et al. [27]44MaleThyroidLaryngectomyNED 0.6 y
Wieneke et al. [27]57MaleCricoidRTNED 1.6 y
Wieneke et al. [27]37MaleCricoidPartial laryngectomyNED 13.9 y
Wieneke et al. [27]40MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomy
Wieneke et al. [27]53FemaleThyroidPartial laryngectomyNED 16.9 y
Wieneke et al. [27]62FemaleThyroidLaryngectomyNED 24.9 y
Wieneke et al. [27]26MaleThyroidLaryngectomyNED 1.5 y
Wieneke et al. [27]37MaleThyroidRT + cyclophosphamideNED 19.4 y
Wong and Seikaly [28]49MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomyNED 2.7 y
Nishimura et al. [29]31MaleThyroidPartial laryngectomyNED 0.7 y
Coyas et al. [30]67MaleVocal cordLaryngofissure + RTNED 1 y
Present case59MaleThyroidLaryngectomyNED 2.5 y

NA: not available; NED: no evidence of disease; and RT: radiation therapy.