title: [Surgical management in metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx to the cavernous sinus. Case report].
abstract: The spread to the cavernous sinus in laryngeal cancer means the presence of a disseminated disease and short survival. The aim of this paper is to report a case of laryngeal squamous carcinoma of the larynx. A search was conducted in the databases of Medline and SciELO DOYMA using the words "cavernous sinus metastasis". We found 10 published cases of laryngeal squamous carcinoma with metastasis to the cavernous sinus. The average survival of the 10 cases reported in the literature was 4.1 months; in our case it was 9 months. Patients who received radiotherapy improved symptomatically. In some cases the diagnosis was confirmed only after necropsy. In this type of lesions, surgery is used for diagnosis rather than as a therapeutic tool.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, 20080, Spain. sergioandrestorres@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torres-Bayona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Undabeitia
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Samprón
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Najera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Úrculo
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*