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- Title
Case Report: Oropharyngeal Cancer in a 4-Year-Old Child.
- Authors
ÇELİKOYAR, M. Mazhar; İĞDEM, M. Şefik; AKTAN, Erkan; FALAY, Okan; TURGUT, Gürsel; DOĞUSOY, Gülen
- Abstract
Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is very uncommon among young children. This is a case report of a 4-year-old boy who was referred from another country with a history of a left-sided neck mass resected 5 months prior to his arrival. Three pathologists gave 3 different pathological diagnoses from the same specimen. A computed tomography scan of the neck indicated a mass located at the base of the tongue. A lesion biopsy confirmed a diagnosis of poorly differentiated carcinoma with p16 positivity and focal human papillomavirus positivity. The decision of the multidisciplinary board was to use radiation treatment as single-modality therapy. The patient completed the treatment and almost 5 years have passed uneventfully. This very rare occurrence of squamous cell carcinoma appears to have been resolved without any major consequences.
- Subjects
NECK radiography; BIOPSY; COMPUTED tomography; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; NECK; PAPILLOMAVIRUSES; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; TONGUE; TREATMENT effectiveness; OROPHARYNGEAL cancer
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Oncology / Türk Onkoloji Dergisi, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 3, p201
- ISSN
1300-7467
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5505/tjo.2019.2054