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ADVANCES IN ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 240-251Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-200007040-00006
Keywords
larynx; hyperplasia; dysplasia; precancerous lesions; histopathologic classification
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There is no internationally accepted classification of epithelial hyperplastic laryngeal lesions (EHLL). The majority of current classifications follow criteria similar to those commonly used for cervical epithelial lesions. However, the different etiology of laryngeal cancer and its particular clinical and histologic features necessitate a grading system more appropriate to this region. The Ljubljana classification of EHLL was devised in 1971 to cater to this requirement. Detailed criteria for histologic grading in this classification were formulated by a working group on EHLL of the European Society of Pathology in 1999. The system recognizes four grades: simple and abnormal hyperplasia are benign categories; atypical hyperplasia (risky epithelium) is potentially malignant, and carcinoma in situ actually malignant. The main features by which the proposed grading system differs from other classifications are: 1. the distinction between benign and potentially malignant lesions; 2. the positive separation of carcinoma in situ from atypical hyperplasia; 3. the lack of prognostic significance for any surface keratin layer. The eventual outcome of EHLL patients so graded justifies the proposal for separating the lesions into a benign group, showing malignant transformation in only 0.9% of cases, from a potentially malignant group showing malignant transformation in 11% of cases. For diagnostically difficult cases, supplementary techniques such as those using morphometry, immunohistochemical and molecular biology are advised to improve the accuracy of diagnosis and predictions of their biological behavior.
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