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Structure of piriform recess
Known as:
Fossa, Piriform
, Piriform Recess
, Piriform Sinus
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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 Neoplasm
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Malignant Pyriform Fossa Neoplasm
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Left piriform fossa
Right piriform fossa
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Nonnasopharyngeal Lymphoepitheliomas (Undifferentiated Carcinomas) of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract
D. Frank
,
F. Cheron
,
D. Dicostanzo
,
Hyun Cho
,
A. Sclafani
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
1995
Corpus ID: 44536595
Lymphoepitheliomas are malignant tumors of epithelial origin with various amounts of reactive lymphocytic infiltrate. Although…
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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.
W. Mendenhall
,
J. Parsons
,
S. Stringer
,
N. J. Cassisi
,
R. Million
International Journal of Radiation Oncology…
1993
Corpus ID: 40625041
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Pyriform Sinus Fistula: An Unusual Cause of Recurrent Retropharyngeal Abscess and Cellulitis
H. DeLozier
,
R. Sofferman
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
1986
Corpus ID: 6442536
Recurrent retropharyngeal cellulitis and recurrent suppurative thyroiditis are rare entities that share a common cause. A…
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Randomized Study of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
P. Holoye
,
T. Grossman
,
+7 authors
T. Malin
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
1985
Corpus ID: 9939864
The ability of surgery and radiotherapy to control advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck has reached its maximal…
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Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus.
M. Razack
,
K. Sako
,
I. Kalnins
Head & Neck Surgery
1978
Corpus ID: 388257
At the Roswell Park Memorial Institute, 111 patients were treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the pyriform sinus over a 15…
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Five hundred cancers of the larynx and pyriform sinus: Results of treatment by radiation and surgery
J. Kirchner
,
J. R. Owen
1977
Corpus ID: 33726401
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…
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Review
1977
Review
1977
Carcinoma Of The Pyriform Sinus A Comparison Of Treatment Modalities
K. Eisbach
,
C. Krause
The Laryngoscope
1977
Corpus ID: 26516912
One hundred four patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the pyriform fossa were reviewed retrospectively. Survival, local…
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Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Pyriform Sinus Cancer: A Clinical and Laboratory Study
J. Kirchner
Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology
1975
Corpus ID: 32505139
In our patient population, cancer of the hypopharynx arose 19 times as often in the pyriform sinus as in the postcricoid space…
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Review
1972
Review
1972
Combined radiation therapy and surgery for carcinoma of the supraglottis and pyriform sinus.
C. C. Wang
,
M. Schulz
,
D. Miller
American Journal of Surgery
1972
Corpus ID: 840762
1963
1963
Clinical method of testing radiation‐sensitizing agents in squamous cell carcinoma
G. Fletcher
,
H. Suit
,
C. Howe
,
M. Samuels
,
R. Jesse
,
Rene U. Villareal
Cancer
1963
Corpus ID: 2570847
Squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity and oropharynx provide suitable material for the evaluation of combined chemotherapy…
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