Statistical Study of 310 Cases of Malignant Tumor Arising from the Field of Otolaryngology

Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 13(4); 1970 > Article

Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1970;13(4): 1-5.

Sung Nam Kim, MD¹, Hong Zu Cho, MD¹, Hi Chun Choi, MD¹, Sung Ki Choi, MD², Ka In Lee, MD², and Ky Wan Choi, MD²

1;Department of Otolaryngology, Chonnam University Medical School, 2;Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Nam Medical Center, Korea

耳鼻咽喉科領域에 發生한 惡性腫瘍 310例에 對한 統計的考察

趙弘宙¹ · 金盛男¹ · 崔熙千¹ · 崔成基² · 李可仁² · 崔沂源²

全南大學校醫科大學耳鼻咽喉科學敎室1;忠南醫療院耳鼻咽喉科2;

ABSTRACT

A statistical study of 310 cases of malignant tumors, which were histopathologically confirmed for last 10 years(1960-1969) at the Dep't of Otolaryngology, Chonnam University were carried out. Following results were obtaianed. 1) The most frequent malignant tumor was squamous cell carcinoma (205 cases, 66.1%), and the remainder were undifferentiated carcinoma (20 cases, 6.6%), malignant mixed tumor. (16 cases, 5.1%), transitional cell carcinoma (12 cases, 3.8%), adenocarcinoma (11 cases, 3.8%), fibrosarcoma (8 cases, 2.5%), Lymphoasrcoma (7 cases, 2.2%). 2) The most frequently encountered malignant tumost is the oral cavity proper (104 cases, 33.4%), and then nasal cavities and sinuses (65 cases, 21%), larynx (60 cases, 20%). 3) Age distribution showed 74.22%(230 cases) in 41-70 years. 4) Sex ratio between male and female, as a whole, was almost 2.7 : 1, however. It was 5.4 : 1 in squamouse cell carcinoma.