title: Incidence of 'unsuspected' extranodal head and neck lymphoma.
abstract: A series of 100 consecutive patients presenting with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the head and neck region was reviewed. An examination of the contribution made to the staging classification by an otolaryngological examination showed that one-third of patients presenting with cervical nodes had unsuspected extranodal disease in Waldeyer's ring. Overall 14% of patients undergoing an otolaryngological examination had their disease upstaged because of that examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Sillars
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Benjamin
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology