Field Cancerization in Action; A Case of Synchronous Triple Primary Malignancies in the Head and Neck.

Field Cancerisation Metachronous Primary Secondary Synchronous

Journal

Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India
ISSN: 2231-3796
Titre abrégé: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Pays: India
ID NLM: 9422551

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 24 11 2023
accepted: 08 01 2024
pmc-release: 01 06 2025
medline: 17 6 2024
pubmed: 17 6 2024
entrez: 17 6 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Field cancerization is the phenomenon that classically describes the occurrence of multiple primary malignancies in the head and neck subsites, either synchronous or metachronous. It's unusual to come across synchronous primaries, that too three at a time. Here is a patient who presented to us with triple primary squamous cell carcinomas involving the floor of the mouth, base of the tongue, and glottis at the same time…….

Identifiants

pubmed: 38883501
doi: 10.1007/s12070-024-04522-0
pii: 4522
pmc: PMC11169135
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

2817-2819

Informations de copyright

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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing InterestsAnd have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.

Auteurs

Jijitha Lakshmanan (J)

Department of ENT, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.

Akshat Kushwaha (A)

Department of ENT, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.

Kalaiarasi Raja (K)

Department of ENT, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.

Sivaraman G (S)

Department of ENT, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.

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