PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 1
Robert E. Fechner, MD, Charlottesville, Va
A 44-year-old man complained of hoarseness for five to six months. He had smoked one to two packs of cigarettes a day for 25 years and said he was a "social drinker." There was no history of laryngeal disease.
On physical examination, the only positive finding was a white area on the left true cord that occupied the anterior and middle thirds of the free margin; it extended into the ventricle. The lesion looked like "the piles of a carpet." A biopsy specimen was taken, and the sections are seen in Fig 1 and 2. Figures 3 through 5 are discussed later and should not influence your diagnosis of Fig 1 and 2.
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PATHOLOGIC QUIZ CASE 2
Robert E. Fechner, MD, Charlottesville, Va
A 54-year-old man complained of a stuffed nose for about six months. This
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