The prognostic importance of parotid involvement by head and neck squamous cell carcinoma - Case report
An. bras. dermatol
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91(3): 351-353, graf
Article
in Portuguese
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RESUMO
Abstract Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second-most common malignant cutaneous cancer, with 60% occurring in the head and neck region. Metastases are uncommon and imply a more conservative prognosis. This report describes a case of parotid-invasive, facial squamous cell carcinoma, highlighting the importance of its prognostic and therapeutic management. The patient is an 81-year-old female, exhibiting extensive tumoral lesions in the pre-auricular region, affecting the parotid parenchyma and implying the metastatic involvement of the intra-parotid lymph node. Parotid involvement caused by SCC in specificity tumors is discussed herein. Parotid invasion is currently recognized as an isolated variable. It affects survival rates and determines certain changes in case management, such as the broadening of resection areas and adjuvant radiotherapy.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Facial Neoplasms
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Parotid Neoplasms
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
An. bras. dermatol
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/BR
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