A 2ND-PRIMARY SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA ARISING IN A RADIAL FOREARM FLAP USED FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HYPOPHARYNX

Authors
SAKAMOTO M NIBU K SUGASAWA M NAKATSUKA T HARII K ICHIMURA K
Citation
M. Sakamoto et al., A 2ND-PRIMARY SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA ARISING IN A RADIAL FOREARM FLAP USED FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HYPOPHARYNX, ORL, 60(3), 1998, pp. 170-173
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
ORL → ACNP
ISSN journal
03011569
Volume
60
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
170 - 173
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-1569(1998)60:3<170:A2SCAI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A 63-year-old man had undergone hypopharyngectomy for hypopharyngeal c arcinoma in 1985. A free radial forearm flap was used for reconstructi on of the pharynx. Ten years after the surgery, a second primary squam ous cell carcinoma occurred in the neopharynx. Persistent exposure to alcohol, saliva and foodstuffs was considered as a possible cause of s econd primary carcinoma. Long-term follow-up is indicated in patients undergoing reconstruction using cutaneous or musculocutaneous flaps.