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Verrucous carcinoma of the larynx in a middle-aged male patient is reported. The related diagnostic problems are described in detail and clinical and morphological differentiating features from other variants of squamous cell carcinoma are outlined on the basis of literary data and our own experience.
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Bak, M., Erdős, M. Verrucous carcinoma of the larynx. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 209, 15–22 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454024
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