NECK ABSCESS - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF A THORACIC MALIGNANCY

Authors
THORP MA CARRIE S
Citation
Ma. Thorp et S. Carrie, NECK ABSCESS - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF A THORACIC MALIGNANCY, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 112(9), 1998, pp. 891-892
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
112
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
891 - 892
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1998)112:9<891:NA-AUP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
In general, malignancies presenting as abscesses are uncommon. We repo rt on a patient that presented with a neck abscess originating in a cl uster of metastatic lymph nodes from a primary squamous cell carcinoma arising in the thoracic oesophagus.