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Pharynx is a common site of malignancy in the head and neck region. This study presents a series of 94 cases of pharyngeal malignancy conducted at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology for a period of one year (2009–2010). Mean age at presentation was 56.8 years (age range 18–100 years). Male:Female ratio was 8.4:1.0. Maximum patients belonged to lower socio-economic status as per Kuppuswamy’s classification (2003). Majority of them were farmer (38.2%) by occupation and belonged to rural areas. 90.4% patients had history of tobacco smoking. Dysphagia was the commonest chief complaint. The most common subsite was oropharynx (51.0%) followed by hypopharynx (45.7%). Ulceroproliferative growth was the most common clinical finding. Histopathologically, squamous cell carcinoma (94.6%) was the commonest. CECT was the commonest and most useful radiological investigation done to see the extent of the disease.
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Kukreja, A., Varshney, S., Gupta, N. et al. Clinical Profile of Pharyngeal Malignancy in a Tertiary Care Centre, State of Uttarakhand. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 65 (Suppl 1), 53–58 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-012-0481-1
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