Which Larynx-Preservation Strategy Would Be Best for a Patient With Resectable, Locally Advanced, Hypopharynx Squamous Cell Carcinoma?

Autor: Alexandra Garcilazo-Reyes, Martín Granados-García, Javier I Altamirano-Garcia, Miguel Alvarez-Avitia, Marytere Herrera-Martinez, Nora Sobrevilla-Moreno
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: ONCOLOGY.
ISSN: 0890-9091
Popis: A 57-year-old man with a heavy smoking and alcohol consumption history, but no comorbidities, presented with pharyngeal pain to his primary care physician’s office. He received empirical treatment with oral antibiotics and experienced partial improvement. A couple of months later, he developed a left cervical mass with progressive growth. A head and neck CT scan revealed a hypopharyngeal tumor. Results of a tumor biopsy indicated an ulcerated, moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with lymphovascular invasion. The patient was sent to our institution for treatment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE