PEDIATRICS Vol. 51 No. 4 April 1973, pp. 731-740
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HEAD AND NECK TUMORS IN CHILDREN

Burton F. Jaffe M.D.1 and Norman Jaffe M.D.1

1 Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, and the Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts

This report is a review of 178 children with malignant head and neck tumors seen during a ten-year period at the Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Children's Cancer Research Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts. Each tumor type is analyzed to display its unique features. When a neck mass occurs, a complete ENT examination is needed to identify an occult primary in the nasopharynx, in the nose, or in some other site that is difficult to see. A total physical examination is needed to detect a systemic disease or a primary below the clavicle.

Many of the tumors of the head, unfortunately, are internal and present with common symptoms, like an earache, a stuffy nose, or a headache. They only become identified when the tumor greatly enlarges or metastasizes.

Treatment with surgery, cryosurgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy may be used alone or in various combinations of them.




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