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Structure of piriform recess

Known as: Fossa, Piriform, Piriform Recess, Piriform Sinus 
A pear-shaped fossa in the wall of the laryngeal pharynx lateral to the arytenoid cartilage and medial to the lamina of the thyroid cartilage.
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Benign Pyriform Fossa NeoplasmBlood supply aspectsMalignant Pyriform Fossa NeoplasmMicrobiological

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Review
1995
Review
1995
Nonnasopharyngeal Lymphoepitheliomas (Undifferentiated Carcinomas) of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract
Lymphoepitheliomas are malignant tumors of epithelial origin with various amounts of reactive lymphocytic infiltrate. Although… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Radiotherapy alone or combined with neck dissection for T1-T2 carcinoma of the pyriform sinus: an alternative to conservation surgery.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Pyriform Sinus Fistula: An Unusual Cause of Recurrent Retropharyngeal Abscess and Cellulitis
Recurrent retropharyngeal cellulitis and recurrent suppurative thyroiditis are rare entities that share a common cause. A… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Randomized Study of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
The ability of surgery and radiotherapy to control advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck has reached its maximal… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus.
At the Roswell Park Memorial Institute, 111 patients were treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus over a 15… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Five hundred cancers of the larynx and pyriform sinus: Results of treatment by radiation and surgery
Three hundred eighty cancers of the larynx and 120 of the pyriform sinus were treated in the 15 years from 1958‐1973 at Yale‐New… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Carcinoma Of The Pyriform Sinus A Comparison Of Treatment Modalities
One hundred four patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the pyriform fossa were reviewed retrospectively. Survival, local… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Pyriform Sinus Cancer: A Clinical and Laboratory Study
In our patient population, cancer of the hypopharynx arose 19 times as often in the pyriform sinus as in the postcricoid space… 
Review
1972
Review
1972
Combined radiation therapy and surgery for carcinoma of the supraglottis and pyriform sinus.
1963
1963
Clinical method of testing radiation‐sensitizing agents in squamous cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity and oropharynx provide suitable material for the evaluation of combined chemotherapy… 
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