We present a retrospective series of 16 cases of undifferentiated squamous carcinoma in cervical metastatic nodes of unknown primary. We review their clinical and radiological evaluation in search of a possible primary tumor, their response to treatment and the eventual development of a primary tumor. Furthermore, we study the presence of Epstein-Barr virus in the metastases as a predictor of their nasopharyngeal origin, in relation to the finding of primary lesions in the nasopharynx during further follow-up of the cases.
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