title: [Significance of panendoscopy in the search for the primary tumor in neck metastases].
abstract: 34 patients suffering from a metastatic cervical neoplasm with unknown origin of the primary tumour were examined between 1977 and 1981. The site of the primary tumour was detected in 61% (= 21 cases) of the patients. In the literature (4158 cases, 61 authors) a 32% success rate only was stated. Diagnostic improvement was achieved via "panendoscopy". This method allows a complete systematic evaluation of the upper respiratory and gastrointestinal tract.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D012142:Respiratory Tract Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung der Panendoskopie bei der Primärtumorsuche zervikaler Metastasen.