Advanced symptoms of supraglottic carcinoma?

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Supraglottic laryngeal carcinoma refers to the primary tumor above the vocal cord, such as epiglottis, ventricular zone, aryepiglottis fold, etc. Supraglottic carcinoma has poor differentiation, rapid development and no obvious early symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment can improve the survival rate of patients, and try to retain the vocal function of the larynx to the maximum extent. Advanced symptoms of supraglottic carcinoma? Let's talk about it

Advanced symptoms of supraglottic carcinoma?

Hoarseness of unknown reason is the most typical symptom in the early stage, which usually lasts for more than two weeks and has no effect on symptomatic treatment. If the tumor invades downward, hoarseness may appear, and the enlargement of the tumor may block the laryngeal cavity and cause dyspnea.

Laryngeal cancer with ulcer, inflammation, laryngeal cartilage periostitis or ulceration, can have throat pain or dry cough, or cause nerve reflex pain, performance for ipsilateral headache, earache.

The supraglottic region is rich in lymphoid tissue, and cervical lymph node enlargement may occur earlier. Supraglottic laryngeal carcinoma grows very fast and is prone to early cervical lymph node metastasis. Once symptoms appear, most of them reach advanced stage.

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After treatment, electronic laryngoscope or dynamic laryngoscope should be performed regularly. In the first year after treatment, the patients were followed up every 1-3 months; In the second year after treatment, the patients were followed up every 2-6 months; The patients were followed up every 4-8 months for 3-5 years; After 5 years of treatment, the patients were followed up every 12 months.