TITLE:
Parotid lymph node metastasis in a patient with tongue cancer
AUTHORS:
Kenji Yamagata, Naomi Ishibashi Kanno, Hiroyuki Ito, Shogo Hasegawa, Toru Yanagawa, Kojiro Onizawa, Hiroki Bukawa
KEYWORDS:
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC); Parotid Lymph Node Metastases; Tongue Cancer
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.3 No.1,
January
21,
2014
ABSTRACT:
Parotid lymph node
(LN) metastasis occurs most commonly from cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
(CSCC) of the head and neck, but rarely from
oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Here, we present a rare case of
metastasis to the parotid LN in a patient with tongue cancer. Although usual
extent of modified radical neck dissection that includes resection of the tail
of the parotid gland is below the line of the mandibular angle and the mastoid
process was performed, the parotid LN metastasis occurred. The patient was
treated with partial parotidectomy and chemoradiotherapy. One year and two
months later, there was no evidence of local recurrence, although multiple lung
metastases were observed. We also review the literature on parotid LN
metastasis from OSCC.