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Unusual presentation of head and neck neoplasm
Author(s) -
Nigri Peter T.,
Khasgiwala Chandra K.
Publication year - 1982
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 - 10.1288/00005537-198211000-00003
Subject(s) - laryngectomy , medicine , larynx , neck dissection , presentation (obstetrics) , basal cell , laryngeal neoplasm , head and neck , stage (stratigraphy) , radiology , lymphoma , carcinoma , pathology , surgery , paleontology , biology
We have a 67‐year‐old Caucasian male presenting with a (T4, N1b, M0) Stage III squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. He subsequently underwent a total laryngectomy and right radical neck dissection. It was only determined by the pathology report that the cervical nodes in the neck specimen obtained the associated disease, Hodgkin's (mixed cellular lymphoma), rather than the expected well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma found in the larynx. Metastatic work‐up was unrevealing. Reviewing the English literature fails to reveal a similar case report of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx with Hodgkin's disease in the associated neck dissection. It was unfortunate that this patient died of a third pathology, cerebral hemorrhage, in the immediate post‐op period.