Supraclavicular lymph node metastases from distant primary tumors: Case reports and review of the literature
| Autor: | Redallah Abada, Yassir Hammouda, Youssef Oukessou, Mohamed Roubal, Mohamed Mahtar, Khadija El Bouhmadi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Case Report Physical examination Lymph node metastasis Supraclavicular lymph node Supraclavicular lymph nodes 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Cervical lymph nodes 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Medicine 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology Surgery Radiology business Head and neck Lymph node metastases Pathological Distant primary tumor |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Surgery Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2210-2612 |
| Popis: | Highlights • Cervical lymph nodes are a common site of metastases for malignant tumors, most commonly developed from head and neck primary tumors. • Isolated supraclavicular lymph nodes should alert the clinician to consider non head and neck primary neoplasm. • Careful clinical examination, imaging tools and pathological analysis are necessary to establish an early diagnosis for adequate treatment. Cervical lymph nodes are a common site of metastases for malignant tumors, most commonly developed from head and neck primary tumors. But, they can also be secondary to distant primary tumors. We report the case of two patients treated in our Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck department for chronic supraclavicular lymphadenopathies, for whom further investigations showed lymph node metastasis originating from distant tumors. Thus, careful clinical examination, imaging tools, and if possible pathological analysis are necessary to establish an early diagnosis for adequate treatment. |
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