Hypopharyngeal cancer masquerading as a thyroid mass
- Author:
Heng Pek Ser
;
Irfan Mohamad
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Hypopharyngeal Cancer;
Thyroid Mass;
Squamous cell carcinoma
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2016;71(6):360-362
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Hypopharyngeal cancer (HPC) is generally a rare head and
neck malignancy. There are differing clinical presentations
depending on the subsite location of primary tumour.
Advanced HPC will have neck node metastasis particularly
upper jugulodigastric nodes. We report a patient with postcricoid
tumour who presented with anterior huge neck
swelling mimic thyroid mass. The patient first presented to
the General Surgical Unit for management of presumed
thyroid lesion. She was diagnosed post-cricoid squamous
cell carcinoma when further assessed by
otorhinolaryngologist.
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