title: Hypopharyngeal cancer masquerading as a thyroid mass.
abstract: Hypopharyngeal cancer (HPC) is generally a rare head and neck malignancy. There are differing clinical presentations depending on the subsite location of primary tumour. Advanced HPC will have neck node metastasis particularly upper jugulodigastric nodes. We report a patient with postcricoid tumour who presented with anterior huge neck swelling mimic thyroid mass. The patient first presented to the General Surgical Unit for management of presumed thyroid lesion. She was diagnosed post-cricoid squamous cell carcinoma when further assessed by otorhinolaryngologist.
authors.affiliation: Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. hpekser@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Heng
authors.affiliation: Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, School of Medical Sciences, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Irfan
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D007012:Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D037981:Neck Dissection; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*