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 in | Clinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 34; no. 8; pp. e873 - e875 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.12.2009
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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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Bibliography: | ArticleID:CED3628 ark:/67375/WNG-DNKZ6MKH-L istex:B1EE7285C766A4C3BE15357B53C365A7560F2673 Conflict of interest: none declared. ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 0307-6938 1365-2230 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03628.x |