Clavicle fracture after radical neck dissection of mouth floor carcinoma misdiagnosed as cervical metastasis: a case report.

Author: Zhi-Yan TIAN ¹ ; Chun-Jie LI ¹ ; Hai-Bin SUN ¹ ; Ning GAO ¹ ; Jin-Jin LI ¹ ; Jian PAN ¹
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1. State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Publication Type:Case Reports
Keywords: clavicle fracture; mouth floor carcinoma; radical neck dissection
MeSH: Clavicle; Fractures, Bone; Humans; Male; Mouth Floor; Mouth Neoplasms; complications; Neck Dissection
From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2018;36(6):691-693
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Clavicle fracture, a very rare delayed complication following radical neck dissection of oral carcinoma, is normally ignored by oral and maxillofacial surgeons. We report and analyze a male patient with clavicle fracture after primary extended excision and bilateral radical neck dissection. This case was misdiagnosed as cervical metastasis.