Late development of a squamous carcinoma in a reconstructed pharynx.
We report a case in which a squamous cell carcinoma was found to have arisen from a delto-pectoral skin flap used in pharyngeal reconstruction. The flap had been forming a neo-pharynx for 24 years. No other signs of recurrent disease had developed in this period. This raises the possibility of tumour induction in heterotopic skin used for oropharyngeal reconstruction.
Deans
J A
JA
Department of Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Hill
J
J
Welch
A R
AR
Soames
J V
JV
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors