Carcinoma in a long-standing pharyngeal diverticulum

✍ Scribed by Eric M. Nanson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 326 KB
• Volume: 63
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800630521

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A brief review of carcinomas arising in pharyngeal diverticula is given. An 80-year-old patient is described who has survived 3 years after operative removal of a diverticulum containing a carcinoma. The seriousness of the condition is shown by the mortality rate which has been reported as 65 per cent within 2 years.