The Occult Primary in Head and Neck Surgery

Keim, W. Franklin

doi:10.1001/archotol.1966.00760030568020

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“…The histology of the neck mass may also give a clue to the site of the primary tumor. Keim (1966) detected the primary tumor in the breast in one instance and in thyroid in six out of a total of 19 reported cases. However, all the cases had epidermoid carcinoma in our series, hence the histology was of little help in locating the primary.…”

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Management of Cervical Metastases with Occult Primary

Gupta¹,

Samant²,

Bhatia³

et al. 1975

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Observation on 12 cases of occult primary tumor with cervical metastases are reported. Problems in the management of such cases, especially the histopathological diagnosis and the location of the primary tumor, its therapy, prognosis and the reasons of its remaining occult have been reviewed and discussed. The occurrence of delayed occult primary tumor and the secondary-primary gap in such instances have been studied.

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“…Keim (1966) considered three of his ten cases with permanently occult primaries to be the malignant neoplasm arising in the branchiogenic remnants, hence there was no primary lesion. He also pointed out another reason for not finding the primary tumor in cases cured by radiotherapy.…”

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