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Case Reports
. 2020 Feb 23;12(2):e7082.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.7082.

Triple Head and Neck Carcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Baraa I Awad  1 , Bashair Melibari  2 , Nabeel Safadi  3 , Mohammed Al-Garni  1 , Hadi Afandi Al-Hakami  4
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Case Reports

Triple Head and Neck Carcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review

Baraa I Awad et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Synchronous cancers are multiple cancers that develop within six months of the initial diagnosis while metachronous cancers are those that develop more than six months after the initial diagnosis. A combination of three cancers is seen with several patients, which leads to a bad prognosis, and that of synchronous cancers is worse than that of metachronous cancers. Herein, we describe the case of a 62-year-old woman with multiple metachronous head and neck cancers.

Keywords: aero-digestive tract; metachronous cancers; synchronous cancers.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. (a, b, c): Selected (a) coronal and (b) axial T2 FS show a bright lesion at the surface of the tongue on the right side confined to intrinsic muscle fibers (white arrows); it enhances in coronal T1 post-gadolinium FS image (c) with no evidence of lingual septum, root of the tongue, or bone infiltration.
FS: fat saturation
Figure 2
Figure 2. (A,B) Photomicrograph from the tongue mass
(A) Squamous mucosa with underlying infiltrating islands and cords of malignant squamous cells (H&E stain; original magnification 40x). (B) The malignant cells show keratinization and mild nuclear atypia (H&E stain; original magnification 100x). H&E: hematoxylin and eosin
Figure 3
Figure 3. Photomicrographs from the nasopharyngeal mass shows Infiltrating malignant squamous cells in islands (H&E stain; original magnification 100x)
H&E: hematoxylin and eosin
Figure 4
Figure 4. (a, b, c) Selected sagittal (a) and axial (b) T1 WI shows left nasopharyngeal mass (white arrows) that infiltrates the clivus. (c) The mass enhances in axial T1 post-gadolinium image, note the retained secretion in left mastoid air cells.
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