REGIONAL AND DISTANT METASTASES IN LARYNGEAL AND HYPOPHARYNGEAL SARCOMAS

Cervical node and distant metastases are the most important prognostic factors in malignant laryngeal neoplasms. Owing to the unusual occurr ence of laryngeal sarcomas, the prevalence of their metastases has nev er been analyzed in detail. We reviewed the laryngeal sarcomas reporte d in the literature and noticed that both regional and distant metasta ses are rare events and variable for different histotypes. These obser vations have obvious therapeutic and prognostic implications.