[Cervical metastatic adenopathy from the oropharynx cancer].

UNLABELLED: Cervical metastatic adenopathy represents quite often the first symptom in many cancers of the upper respiratory and digestive pathways and might be the first symptom in 20-25% of the oropharyngeal cancers.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study is based on 243 cases of oropharyngeal cancer admitted to the ENT Clinic, "Sf. Spiridon" Hospital Iaşi within the last ten years.

RESULTS

By analyzing the evolution of 243 cases of oropharyngeal cancer we conclude: because of the lack of symptoms, the alarming symptom is very often the cervical adenopathy so that the diagnosis is established in the late stages. On the other side, the abundance of the lymphatics of the pharynx make possible the metastatic adenopathy to show in the early stages of evolution of an oropharyngeal cancer.

CONCLUSION

Radical neck dissection followed by radiotherapy is proved to be so far, the optimal treatment for cervical metastatic adenopathy.