Tumours metastasizing to the head and neck – a report of seven cases

Abstract

Metastatic tumours involving the head and neck region are rare. Over the past 18 years, seven such cases were treated at our clinic. Of those, four were in one of the paranasal sinuses, three had arisen from a primary hepatocellular carcinoma and one from an osteogenic fibrosarcoma of the leg. In the remaining three cases, metastases to the larynx, the tonsil, and the parotid gland arose from a primary renal cell carcinoma, a thyroid carcinoma, and a breast carcinoma, respectively. In metastatic tumours, the primary site can often be identified by the histopathological features. Accordingly, when malignant head and neck tumours are suspected of being metastatic in character, it is important to search carefully for the primary site.

Renal cell carcinoma metastasis to the vocal cord: A case report

“…Most studies described solitary metastasis to either the supraglottic, [9][10][11][12] or subglottic region, [13][14][15] two studies described involvement of both the supraglottic and glottic regions, [16,17] and one described metastases involving all three regions of the larynx. [3] [11] Supraglottic Dee et al 2000 [9] Supraglottic Mochimatsu et al 1993 [10] Supraglottic Miyamoto et al 1973 [12] Supraglottic Mehdi et al 2012 [16] Supraglottic and glottic Navarro et al 2000 [17] Supraglottic and glottic Maung et al 1987 [7] Glottic Allan Fields, J.…”

“…[3] [11] Supraglottic Dee et al 2000 [9] Supraglottic Mochimatsu et al 1993 [10] Supraglottic Miyamoto et al 1973 [12] Supraglottic Mehdi et al 2012 [16] Supraglottic and glottic Navarro et al 2000 [17] Supraglottic and glottic Maung et al 1987 [7] Glottic Allan Fields, J. 1966 [13] Subglottic Ferlito et al 1988 [15] Subglottic Greenberg et al 1992 [14] Subglottic Demir et al 2012 [3] Supraglottic, glottic and subglottic…”

An Unusual Parotid Mass Metastasis From Breast Cancer

“…Eğer baş boyun böl-gesindeki kitlelerin metastatik olduğu düşünülüyorsa, primer tümör iyi araştırılmalıdır (5). Bizim olgumuzda, hastanın 1 yıldır parotis bölgesinde şişlik şikayeti mevcuttu ve kilo kaybı, halsizlik, yüksek ateş gibi bir sistemik bir şikayeti bulunmamaktaydı.…”

Seltene Parotistumoren

“…Metastasen hämatogenen Ursprungs entstammen beispielsweise der Lunge, der Niere, der Mamma und dem Rektum [3,11,13,15,18]. Im Folgenden wird der Fall einer Parotismetastase, ausgehend von einem Glioblastom des Schläfenlap-pens, vorgestellt.…”

“…Des Weiteren wurden Fernmetastasen vom Nierenzellkarzinom [18], Mammakarzinom [13] und kolorektalem Karzinom [11] beschrieben. Als ausgesprochene Rarität unter den Fernmetastasen gelten solche bei intrakraniellem Primärtu-mor.…”