J Korean Cancer Assoc.  1997 Feb;29(1):171-175.

A Case of Head and Neck Cancer Diagnosed In a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient

• Oh SC
• Kim SJ
• Kim BS
• Shin SW
• Kim YH
• Song GG
• Kim JS

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the connective diseases characterized by altered immunity and has a high incidence of cancers, such as malignant lymphoma, leukemia, breast cancer and cervical cancer. Lymphadenopathy is one of the clinical findings of SLE. But it is also seen in cancer metastasis. Therefore, if the SLE patient has lymphadenopathies from cancer metastasis it is very difficult to make a differential diagnosis between the manifestation of SLE and that of cancer metastasis. In Korea, there is no report on SLE associated with lymphadenopathies from cancer metastasis. This is the first report of a case of SLE with a cervical lympadenopathy that comes from the metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Keyword

Head and neck cancer; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Lymphadenopathy

MeSH Terms

Breast Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Diagnosis, Differential
Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Head*
Humans
Incidence
Korea
Leukemia
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*
Lymphatic Diseases
Lymphoma
Neck
Neoplasm Metastasis
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms