Perforation of gastric squamous carcinoma metachronous to laryngeal carcinoma: metastatic in origin?
The local and regional spread of squamous cancer of the head and neck is well described. We report a possible unusual pattern of spread from a primary laryngeal carcinoma, which presented as gastric perforation.
Whalen
G F
GF
Dept of Surgery, University of Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa.
Huizinga
W K
WK
Marszalek
A
A
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*