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Neck abscess: an unusual presentation of a thoracic malignancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. A. Thorp  and
S. Carrie
M. A. Thorp*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
S. Carrie
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr M. A. Thorp, Department of Otolaryngology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, Republic of South Africa.
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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.

Keywords

AbscessNeckOesophageal neoplasmsCarcinoma, squamous cell
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 9 , September 1998 , pp. 891 - 892
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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