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- Title
CUP-Syndrom im Halsbereich.
- Authors
Fries, Frederik
- Abstract
The term CUP syndrome (cancer of unknown primary) refers to a multifaceted clinical picture in which the affected patients have lymph node and/or distant metastases without the location of the primary tumor being known. The criteria of CUP syndrome are fulfilled if a histologically or cytologically confirmed malignancy is present without a detectable primary tumor after completion of the primary diagnosis. Due to the usually poor prognosis and the manifold appearance, which often does not allow a standardized therapy, cervical CUP syndrome makes specific demands on clinical and imaging diagnostics. Using modern techniques such as positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT), imaging plays a key role in the detection of a possible occult primary tumor as well as in staging and prognosis assessment.
- Publication
Der Radiologe, 2020, Vol 60, Issue 11, p1047
- ISSN
0033-832X
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00117-020-00752-9