METASTASIS OF AN OVARIAN ADENOCARCINOMA T O THE SUBGLOTTIC AREA - A LARYNGOLOGICAL RARITY

Malignant tumors of the larynx are an important disease entity in otor hinolaryngology and mainly involve squamous cell carcinomas. Different epithelial or mesenchymal malignant tumors are reported only sporadic ally and metastases localized in the larynx are even rarer. In this re port We present a patient who was found to have a laryngeal metastasis from an adenocarcinoma. An ovarian carcinoma treated 7 years previous ly was the primary tumor and first metastasized into the left lung and then into the subglottig area of the larynx. Because the surgical pro cedures and chemotherapy used for each lesion were successful and no l ocal recurrences were found, the same therapeutic rules for the treatm ent of metastases to the larynx should be applied as in cases of prima ry malignancies.