Abstract
ABSTRACT Metastatic involvement of small intestine from a head and neck primary is a rare occurrence and carries an unfavourable prognosis. Small bowel metastases usually present with obstruction, perforation or bleeding. Small bowel obstruction due to a metastatic stricture is uncommon and mostly occurs as part of generalized carcinomatosis. Rarely, it selectively affects in the form of a solitary malignant stricture. We report the first case in medical literature of a patient presenting with small bowel obstruction due to a solitary malignant jejunal stricture caused by metastasis from a primary squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform fossa, four years after the primary tumor was diagnosed and treated with radiotherapy. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports of primary tumors of hypopharynx metastasizing to jejunum and presenting antemortem. The rarity of intestinal obstruction as an initial manifestation of metastatic dissemination of a hypopharyngeal malignancy as well as its poor prognosis has been discussed. How to cite this article Sharma K. Solitary Jejunal Metastasis from Carcinoma Pyriform Fossa presenting as Intestinal Obstruction. Int J Phonosurg Laryngol 2014;4(1):36-39.
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