title: [Malignant cervical adenopathies of unknown origin].
abstract: A retrospective study of malignant cervical lymph node enlargement of unknown origin was made from 1985-1995. Of 26 cases observed, the primary tumor was found in 8 cases after a complete ENT study in 3 the primary tumor was found in the course of the disease and in 15 the origin remained unknown. Patients were treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Only 2 patients survive, one with 6.5 years of follow-up and the other with 20 months. The literature was reviewed for new diagnostic and therapeutic methods for cervical lymph node enlargement of unknown origin.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario San Cecilio, Universidad de Granada.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martínez Martínez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ayala Martínez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruiz Gómez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies