The importance of clinical examination in the diagnosis of laterocervical lymphadenopathy – case presentation

Abstract

Cervical lymph nodes represent a common site of meta­s­ta­­ses for malignancies of the head and neck and, in the absence of a known primary site, the treatment options can be challenging. In patients with a nodular formation with laterocervical localization, the differential diagnosis should always consider the potential metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma of the ENT sphere. This paper emphasizes the importance of a complete physical and imaging exa­mi­na­tion, as well as histopathological diagnosis, which led to a diag­nosis of squamous cell carcinoma originating in the larynx, in an otherwise nonspecific clinical setting.