Treatment with carbon dioxide laser of painful skin metastases from a laryngeal neuroendocrine carcinoma

Summary An 82‐year‐old man presented with multiple, exquisitely painful skin metastases from an atypical carcinoid tumour of the larynx. These were treated successfully with carbon dioxide laser. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of laser treatment used in the management of neuroendo...

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Published inClinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 34; no. 8; pp. e873 - e875
Main Authors Simpson, L. K., Ostlere, L. S., Harland, C., Gharaie, S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2009
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Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - pathology
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - secondary
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine - surgery
Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms - secondary
Laryngeal Neoplasms - surgery
Lasers, Gas
Male
Pain - surgery
Skin Neoplasms - pathology
Skin Neoplasms - surgery
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Summary:Summary An 82‐year‐old man presented with multiple, exquisitely painful skin metastases from an atypical carcinoid tumour of the larynx. These were treated successfully with carbon dioxide laser. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of laser treatment used in the management of neuroendocrine skin metastases.
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Conflict of interest: none declared.
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ISSN:0307-6938
1365-2230
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03628.x