Affiliation:
1. Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, and the Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
Abstract
This report is a review of 178 children with malignant head and neck tumors seen during a ten-year period at the Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Children's Cancer Research Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. Each tumor type is analyzed to display its unique features. When a neck mass occurs, a complete ENT examination is needed to identify an occult primary in the nasopharynx, in the nose, or in some other site that is difficult to see. A total physical examination is needed to detect a systemic disease or a primary below the clavicle.
Many of the tumors of the head, unfortunately, are internal and present with common symptoms, like an earache, a stuffy nose, or a headache. They only become identified when the tumor greatly enlarges or metastasizes.
Treatment with surgery, cryosurgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy may be used alone or in various combinations of them.
Publisher
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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