A rare case of laryngotracheal chondrosarcoma in a patient with past history of radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer

Authors
Gholamreza Mohajeri 1
Ali Hekmatnia 2
Hossein Ahrar 2
Farzane Hekmatnia 3
Reza Basirat Nia 2
Nushin Afsharmoghadam 4
Mehdi Eftekhari 4
Saleh Jafarpishe 2
1 Department of Surgery, Image Processing and Signal Research Center, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Radiology, Image Processing and Signal Research Center, Isfahan, Iran
3 St George's Medical School, University of London, London, United Kingdom
4 Department of Pathology, Al Zahra Hospital,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Tracheal chondrosarcoma is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor and there are less than 15 reports in the literature. We report a rare case of laryngotracheal chondrosarcoma in a 74-year-old man. He gave a history of radioiodine therapy for thyroid papillary carcinoma about 24 years ago. Diagnostic steps, histological presentation, and therapy are described in detail.

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Advanced Biomedical Research
Volume 2013, July
July 2013
Pages 1-3