2010
DOI: 10.3315/jdcr.2010.1046
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A huge infiltrating squamous cell carcinoma of the neck 46 years after radiotherapy of a haemangioma

Abstract: Background: There is a higher risk for malignant tumours in patients who underwent any kind of radiotherapy.Main observations: An 87-year old patient with an extended squamous cell carcinoma of the neck was referred to our hospital. The large ulcerated tumour showed a deep infiltration of the para-vertebral muscles and the spinal processes C6-C7. The tumour was known since about six years and appeared about 46 years after low-dose radiotherapy of a cervical haemangioma of the neck in 1961. The large dimension … Show more

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