[Cavum carcinoma. A review of retrospective study about 18 patients in 12 year period].

The cavum or rhinopharynx carcinomas are rare tumors who are divided basically in two histologic types: epidermoid carcinoma and indiferenciated carcinoma. We present a personal revision of 18 patients (15 males and 3 females) diagnosed of cavum carcinoma, the majority (72.2% of indiferenciated type. We have done a descriptive-retrospective study of 12 years (1990-2001) with the following parameters: clinic presentation, associated symptoms, TNM stage, anatomopathology, treatment and clinic evolution. The 38.9% of the patients (7) are actually in complete remission after at last 2 years treatment completion. 3 patients have died and another 2 have not followed the periodic controls in our hospital. The others present a residual tumor in rhinopharynx or in ganglionar level. In one case there are distant metastasis (liver and lungs).