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A Case of Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Misrecognized as Branchiogenic Squamous Cell Carcinoma  

Cho Kwang-Jae (Department of Otolaryngology-Head, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
Park Hyun-Jin (Department of Otolaryngology-Head, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
Shin Ok-Ran (Department of Neck Surgery, Clinical Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
Lee Dong-Hee (Department of Otolaryngology-Head, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology / v.22, no.1, 2006 , pp. 51-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
The existence of primary branchiogenic carcinoma is controversial. In 1950, Martin et al. established four criteria for the diagnosis of primary branchiogenic carcinoma. In 1989, Khafif et al. proposed new modified criteria, which are currently most recognized in the literature. A 54-year-old woman presented the well-defined, fluctuant, painless mass on her left neck and underwent a complete excision under the clinical diagnosis of the branchial cleft cyst. The initial pathological impression was a branchiogenic squamous cell carcinoma. However, it did not coincide with a true primary branchiogenic carcinoma clinically. After the guided biopsy of suspicious areas found a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue base, the patient was treated by combination chemotherapy with radiotherapy. Thus, we report this case with a review of the literature.
Keywords
Squamous cell carcinoma; Branchioma;
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