Over a 6-year period, 54 sequential lesions of squamous cell carcinoma
of the pinna were studied in 44 patients with regard to the side, cli
nical features and their duration, TNM clinicopathological classificat
ion, treatment and follow-up. Treatment delay, types of surgical proce
dures, anaesthesia and postoperative complications were all analysed.
The overall incidence of residual and recurrent cancer was 25.92%. The
regional lymph node recurrence was 9.26%, though only 5.56% had clini
cally persistent cancer. Six patients subsequently died; two of these
deaths were due to the cancer.