[Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in tumors of neck and pharynx encountered in clinical cases].
The authors show case of lateral cervical cyst and carcinoma of the tonsil in woman 50 years, paying attention to large diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. After operation of the lateral cervical cyst on the left side, metastasis of tumor followed, which was operated (after negative result of the thin-needle biopsy method) and histopathological examination of the tumor didn't prove atypical cells. In a few month after operation there followed tumorous infiltration in region angle of mandibula and in tonsillar region on the side and performed the thin-needle biopsy method showed planoepithelial carcinoma of the tonsil with transitional cells, which infiltrated the lingua, fundus of the oris and lymphonodes of the neck. Next the patient was sent to further treatment in the Oncological Hospital in Lodz. In connexion with advanced of the carcinoma, the using treatment (radiotherapy Co--60 and chemotherapy) was only the palliative treatment and prolongated life of the patient about 3 years.
Kliniki Otolaryngologicznej Instytutu Chirurgii WAM, Lodzi.
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Błoch
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Pietkiewicz
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011878:Radiotherapy; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
Trudności diagnostyczne i terapeutyczne w guzach szyi i gardła w oparciu o własny przypadek kliniczny.