Diseases

Pyriform Sinus Cancer

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The piriform sinus is a subsite of the hypopharynx. This distinction is important for head and neck cancer staging and treatment. Hypopharyngeal cancer is a term used for tumors of a subsite of the upper aerodigestive tract, and like most other subsite designations, the distinction is anatomic rather than pathophysiologic within the group of head and neck malignancie

SYMPTOMS

Patients with hypopharyngeal cancers, 70% have stage iii disease at presentation, neck mass: cervical lymph node metastases occur as the presenting symptom in approximately 50% of cases, sore throat.