title: [Clinical study of primary branchiogenic carcinoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical feature and prognosis of primary branchial carcinoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main method of this study was reviewing the clinical feature, diagnosis, treatment methods and prognosis of 5 patients suffered from primary branchial carcinoma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All of the tumors were excised extensively. All of the patients received radical neck dissection and post-operative radiotherapy. 3 patients had pathologic evident of metastasis in lymph nodes of cervical region. 2 patients died of local recurrence of tumor and metastasis to lung. 1 patient died after post-operative 2 years. 2 patients were still alive after 5 years' follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Primary branchial carcinoma has the very similar clinical feature with branchial cyst. The diagnosis should be considered if painless mass and swollen lymph nodes were found in upper neck region of patients. Rapid frozen pathologic section should be made regularly to make the diagnosis clear. The treatment should include extensive excision of tumor and radical neck dissection to improve the cure rate and survival rate.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Stomatology, Shenzheng Hospital of Beijing University, Shenzheng 518036, China.
authors.forename: Guang-he
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Xiao-bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001935:Branchioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate