Deep neck infection as the main initial presentation of primary head and neck cancer

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-309

  Wang, Cheng Ping ^a   Ko, Jenq Yuh ^a   Lou, Pei Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Infection; Neck; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MITOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CANCER CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MALE; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NECK PAIN; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWELLING; TONSIL CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INFECTION; MAXILLA TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747604143     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106000284     Document Type: Article

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