Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux

The onset of carcinoma of the larynx, especially of the glottis, is heralded mainly by a change of voice. It has a male preponderance and is almost exclusively common to smokers and patients with heavy alcohol consumption. We report a case of glottic carcinoma in a non-smoker female patient. The...

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Main Authors: Nazli Zainuddin, Noor Kaslina Mohd Kornain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2016-02-01
Series:Malaysian Family Physician
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Online Access:http://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/case-report-6.pdf
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spelling doaj-a28d72c9fc89473cb55d3dc99b6b11c72020-11-25T00:21:31ZengAcademy of Family Physicians of MalaysiaMalaysian Family Physician1985-22742016-02-01112 & 33537Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal refluxNazli Zainuddin0Noor Kaslina Mohd Kornain 1Universiti Teknologi MARAUniversiti Teknologi MARAThe onset of carcinoma of the larynx, especially of the glottis, is heralded mainly by a change of voice. It has a male preponderance and is almost exclusively common to smokers and patients with heavy alcohol consumption. We report a case of glottic carcinoma in a non-smoker female patient. The only possible risk factor for her is a history of laryngopharyngeal reflux.http://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/case-report-6.pdfGlottic carcinomanonsmokerlaryngopharyngeal reflux
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author Nazli Zainuddin
Noor Kaslina Mohd Kornain
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Noor Kaslina Mohd Kornain
Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux
Malaysian Family Physician
Glottic carcinoma
nonsmoker
laryngopharyngeal reflux
author_facet Nazli Zainuddin
Noor Kaslina Mohd Kornain
author_sort Nazli Zainuddin
title Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux
title_short Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux
title_full Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux
title_fullStr Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux
title_full_unstemmed Glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux
title_sort glottic cancer in a non-smoking patient with laryngopharyngeal reflux
publisher Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia
series Malaysian Family Physician
issn 1985-2274
publishDate 2016-02-01
description The onset of carcinoma of the larynx, especially of the glottis, is heralded mainly by a change of voice. It has a male preponderance and is almost exclusively common to smokers and patients with heavy alcohol consumption. We report a case of glottic carcinoma in a non-smoker female patient. The only possible risk factor for her is a history of laryngopharyngeal reflux.
topic Glottic carcinoma
nonsmoker
laryngopharyngeal reflux
url http://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/case-report-6.pdf
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