The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Table of Contents - September 1998 - Volume 112, Issue 09  

Clinical Records

Neck abscess: an unusual presentation of a thoracic malignancy

M. A. Thorpa1 c1 and S. Carriea1

a1 Department of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.

Abstract

In general, malignancies presenting as abscesses are uncommon. We report on a patient that presented with a neck abscess originating in a cluster of metastatic lymph nodes from a primary squamous cell carcinoma arising in the thoracic oesophagus.

(Accepted July 02 1998)

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c1 Address for correspondence: Dr M. A. Thorp, Department of Otolaryngology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, Republic of South Africa.

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