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Distant metastases in head and neck epidermoid carcinoma
Author(s) -
Dennington Michael L.,
Carter Donald R.,
Meyers Arlen D.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198002000-00002
Subject(s) - autopsy , medicine , epidermoid carcinoma , head and neck , incidence (geometry) , metastasis , lesion , carcinoma , metastatic lesion , radiology , general surgery , pathology , surgery , cancer , physics , optics
Autopsy findings and case histories of 64 cases of epidermoid carcinoma of the head and neck at the Denver Veterans Administration Hospital between 1967 and 1977 were reviewed. Forty percent of these cases had metastases below the clavicles at autopsy. Incidence of metastasis was related to size of the primary lesion. Correlation with nodal involvement was equivocal. Our data was combined with that of similar studies done by O'Brien in 1970 and Gowen in 1963 and resulted in a combined autopsy series of 247 cases. Overall, 47% had distant metastases at autopsy.