CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 41, no. 4, 2015

Variability of Normal Values of Electroretinogram Parameters Due to Aging in Healthy Individuals

[Case reports]

A. OSMAN(1), M.S. CIOLOFAN(2), ELENA IONITA(2), I. IONITA(3), F. ANGHELINA(2), CARMEN-AURELIA MOGOANTA(2), ANCA-STEFANIA ENESCU(2), AURELIA ENESCU(4), MIORITA TOADER(5)


(1)PhD, Department of ENT, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(2)Department of ENT, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(3)Department of ENT, Emergency Clinical Hospital Craiova,
(4)Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania,
(5)Department of ENT, Emergency Hospital Grigore Alexandrescu, Bucure?ti, Romania


Abstract:

The basaloid carcinoma is a rare and distinct type of squamous carcinoma. Of all the squamous carcinomas, the basaloid tumor is noted for its high aggressivity and fast replication rate. It is usually discovered within the upper levels of the larynx (supraglottis), the tongue base or the piriform sinuses in male patients ranging from sixty to eighty years old. The aggressivity of the tumor also means its discovery is usually a late event thus associating a relatively low survival rate within the first 5 years. The current paper presents the case of a patient diagnosed with a malign tumor of the larynx which is then identified as being a squamous basaloid carcinoma. The medical review of the patient reveals a long history of smoking and also pulmonary tuberculosis, for which the patient underwent left pneumonectomy.


Keywords: larynx, squamous carcinoma, basaloid carcinoma, pneumonectomy



Corresponding: Mircea-Sorin Ciolofan, Assistant Professor, MD, PhD, ENT Clinic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, 2-4 Petru Rares Street, 200349 Craiova, Romania. Phone +40723-253165, e-mail: sorin.ciolofan@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.41.04.18 - Download PDF
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