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Hyoid bone tumour mass presenting with cervical nodal metastasis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Conrad I. Timon ,
Dale Brown  and
Irving Dardick
Conrad I. Timon*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dale Brown
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Irving Dardick
Affiliation:
Departments of Head and Neck Surgery Programme, and Pathology, Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*
Mr C. I. Timon, F.R.C.S.I., Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, St James's Hospital, St James's Street, Dublin, Ireland.
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Abstract

This paper presents a quite unique case report of a patient presenting with the combination of cervical metastatic lymphadenopathy and a hyoid bone tumour mass. The differential diagnosis and treatment is discussed, with emphasis on the importance of immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy in the management of such a case.

Keywords

Hyoid boneNeoplasm metastasisunknown primaryLymph nodesNeck
Type
Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 10 , October 1993 , pp. 967 - 969
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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