title: Clinical profile of pharyngeal malignancy in a tertiary care centre, state of uttarakhand.
abstract: Pharynx is a common site of malignancy in the head and neck region. This study presents a series of 94 cases of pharyngeal malignancy conducted at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology for a period of one year (2009-2010). Mean age at presentation was 56.8 years (age range 18-100 years). Male:Female ratio was 8.4:1.0. Maximum patients belonged to lower socio-economic status as per Kuppuswamy's classification (2003). Majority of them were farmer (38.2%) by occupation and belonged to rural areas. 90.4% patients had history of tobacco smoking. Dysphagia was the commonest chief complaint. The most common subsite was oropharynx (51.0%) followed by hypopharynx (45.7%). Ulceroproliferative growth was the most common clinical finding. Histopathologically, squamous cell carcinoma (94.6%) was the commonest. CECT was the commonest and most useful radiological investigation done to see the extent of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T. and Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Himalayan Institute of Hospital Trust University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248 140 Uttarakhand India.
authors.forename: Akhil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kukreja
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T. and Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Himalayan Institute of Hospital Trust University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248 140 Uttarakhand India.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Varshney
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T. and Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Himalayan Institute of Hospital Trust University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248 140 Uttarakhand India.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T. and Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Himalayan Institute of Hospital Trust University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248 140 Uttarakhand India.
authors.forename: Meena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harsh
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T. and Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Himalayan Institute of Hospital Trust University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248 140 Uttarakhand India.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bist
authors.affiliation: Department of E.N.T. and Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Himalayan Institute of Hospital Trust University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248 140 Uttarakhand India.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhagat
keywords: Hypopharynx malignancy; Nasopharynx; Oropharynx malignancy; Pharynx malignancy