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Retropharyngeal lymph node metastases in head and neck malignancies

✍ Scribed by H. Hakan Coskun; Alfio Ferlito; Jesus E. Medina; K. Thomas Robbins; Juan P. Rodrigo; Primož Strojan; Carlos Suárez; Robert P. Takes; Julia A. Woolgar; Ashok R. Shaha; Remco de Bree; Alessandra Rinaldo; Carl E. Silver

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
239 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-3074

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Abstract

Retropharyngeal lymph node (RPLN) metastasis of primary head and neck cancer often receives less consideration than lymph node metastasis in the neck. With improvements in imaging techniques and reports of surgical pathology, there is an improved understanding of the risk and subsequently the need for treatment of RPLNs. The rates of RPLN metastasis from carcinomas of the nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx, postcricoid region, maxillary sinus, and cervical esophagus are sufficiently high to warrant routine treatment, either electively or therapeutically, of this region. Through improved diagnostic techniques and heightened awareness of RPLN metastasis, patients at risk of having these metastases can be treated more effectively. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2010

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