RESPIRATORY
PULMONOLOGY
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hoarseness lasting longer than 3 weeks
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feeling of lump in the throat
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burning in the throat when drinking citrus juice
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all the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A sore throat or cough that does not go away. Trouble or pain when swallowing. Ear pain. A lump in the neck or throat. A change or hoarseness in the voice. 31-Mar-2023
Detailed explanation-2: -Pain and trouble breathing or swallowing might be symptoms of more advanced laryngeal cancer. For cancers that don’t start on the vocal cords, hoarseness occurs only after these cancers reach a later stage or have spread to the vocal cords.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aside from squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma, other types of laryngeal cancer are lymphoepithelioma, spindle cell carcinoma, verrucous cancer, undifferentiated carcinoma and cancers of the lymph nodes, which are called lymphomas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The vast majority of laryngeal cancers are squamous cell cancers. However, rarely other malignancies may include adnocarcinomas, sarcomas, lymphoma, and neuroendocrine tumors.