title: Atypical distant metastases from hypopharyngeal cancer.
abstract: Hypopharyngeal squamous carcinoma is an aggressive disease with a high frequency of local and distant spread. Distant metastasis is seen more often now because of better loco-regional control due to more aggressive multimodal therapy. This article reports two cases of unusual metastatic disease from squamous carcinoma of pyriform sinus and reviews the metastatic disease in hypopharyngeal squamous cancers. The first was a case of metastatic pericardial effusion and the second was a metastasis to soft tissues of the scapular region and lung.
authors.affiliation: Head & Neck Service b, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Shridhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sanghvi
authors.forename: Murad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lala
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium; D012540:Scapula