title: Chest wall metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma of larynx.
abstract: Distant metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck are most often to the lung, liver and bone. They rarely metastasise to chest wall. We report a 60-year-old male patient who initially presented with an abscess over the anterior chest wall that was initially treated for infective pathology. Due to lack of response, cytological examination was performed that turned out to be metastasis from carcinoma larynx.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana), India. dr_kb_gupta@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Vipin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Prem Parkash
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Indu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: Parveen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rana
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*