A Case of Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosed In a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient.
- Author:
Sang Cheul OH
1
;
Suk Jin KIM
;
Byung Soo KIM
;
Sang Won SHIN
;
Yeul Hong KIM
;
Gwan Gyu SONG
;
Jun Suk KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Head and neck cancer;
Systemic lupus erythematosus;
Lymphadenopathy
- MeSH:
Breast Neoplasms;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Head and Neck Neoplasms*;
Head*;
Humans;
Incidence;
Korea;
Leukemia;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*;
Lymphatic Diseases;
Lymphoma;
Neck;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- From:Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
1997;29(1):171-175
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the connective diseases characterized by altered immunity and has a high incidence of cancers, such as malignant lymphoma, leukemia, breast cancer and cervical cancer. Lymphadenopathy is one of the clinical findings of SLE. But it is also seen in cancer metastasis. Therefore, if the SLE patient has lymphadenopathies from cancer metastasis it is very difficult to make a differential diagnosis between the manifestation of SLE and that of cancer metastasis. In Korea, there is no report on SLE associated with lymphadenopathies from cancer metastasis. This is the first report of a case of SLE with a cervical lympadenopathy that comes from the metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
