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Head and Neck Disorder

MedGen UID:
232269
Concept ID:
C1333941
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the anatomic structures of the head and neck region. This category includes inflammatory disorders, benign neoplasms, precancerous conditions, and malignant neoplasms. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHead and Neck Disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chang JL, Goldberg AN, Alt JA, Mohammed A, Ashbrook L, Auckley D, Ayappa I, Bakhtiar H, Barrera JE, Bartley BL, Billings ME, Boon MS, Bosschieter P, Braverman I, Brodie K, Cabrera-Muffly C, Caesar R, Cahali MB, Cai Y, Cao M, Capasso R, Caples SM, Chahine LM, Chang CP, Chang KW, Chaudhary N, Cheong CSJ, Chowdhuri S, Cistulli PA, Claman D, Collen J, Coughlin KC, Creamer J, Davis EM, Dupuy-McCauley KL, Durr ML, Dutt M, Ali ME, Elkassabany NM, Epstein LJ, Fiala JA, Freedman N, Gill K, Gillespie MB, Golisch L, Gooneratne N, Gottlieb DJ, Green KK, Gulati A, Gurubhagavatula I, Hayward N, Hoff PT, Hoffmann OMG, Holfinger SJ, Hsia J, Huntley C, Huoh KC, Huyett P, Inala S, Ishman SL, Jella TK, Jobanputra AM, Johnson AP, Junna MR, Kado JT, Kaffenberger TM, Kapur VK, Kezirian EJ, Khan M, Kirsch DB, Kominsky A, Kryger M, Krystal AD, Kushida CA, Kuzniar TJ, Lam DJ, Lettieri CJ, Lim DC, Lin HC, Liu SYC, MacKay SG, Magalang UJ, Malhotra A, Mansukhani MP, Maurer JT, May AM, Mitchell RB, Mokhlesi B, Mullins AE, Nada EM, Naik S, Nokes B, Olson MD, Pack AI, Pang EB, Pang KP, Patil SP, Van de Perck E, Piccirillo JF, Pien GW, Piper AJ, Plawecki A, Quigg M, Ravesloot MJL, Redline S, Rotenberg BW, Ryden A, Sarmiento KF, Sbeih F, Schell AE, Schmickl CN, Schotland HM, Schwab RJ, Seo J, Shah N, Shelgikar AV, Shochat I, Soose RJ, Steele TO, Stephens E, Stepnowsky C, Strohl KP, Sutherland K, Suurna MV, Thaler E, Thapa S, Vanderveken OM, de Vries N, Weaver EM, Weir ID, Wolfe LF, Woodson BT, Won CHJ, Xu J, Yalamanchi P, Yaremchuk K, Yeghiazarians Y, Yu JL, Zeidler M, Rosen IM
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2023 Jul;13(7):1061-1482. Epub 2023 Mar 30 doi: 10.1002/alr.23079. PMID: 36068685Free PMC Article
Owen JL, Kibbi N, Worley B, Kelm RC, Wang JV, Barker CA, Behshad R, Bichakjian CK, Bolotin D, Bordeaux JS, Bradshaw SH, Cartee TV, Chandra S, Cho NL, Choi JN, Council ML, Demirci H, Eisen DB, Esmaeli B, Golda N, Huang CC, Ibrahim SF, Jiang SB, Kim J, Kuzel TM, Lai SY, Lawrence N, Lee EH, Leitenberger JJ, Maher IA, Mann MW, Minkis K, Mittal BB, Nehal KS, Neuhaus IM, Ozog DM, Petersen B, Rotemberg V, Samant S, Samie FH, Servaes S, Shields CL, Shin TM, Sobanko JF, Somani AK, Stebbins WG, Thomas JR, Thomas VD, Tse DT, Waldman AH, Wong MK, Xu YG, Yu SS, Zeitouni NC, Ramsay T, Reynolds KA, Poon E, Alam M
Lancet Oncol 2019 Dec;20(12):e699-e714. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30673-4. PMID: 31797796
Bhattacharyya N, Gubbels SP, Schwartz SR, Edlow JA, El-Kashlan H, Fife T, Holmberg JM, Mahoney K, Hollingsworth DB, Roberts R, Seidman MD, Steiner RW, Do BT, Voelker CC, Waguespack RW, Corrigan MD
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Mar;156(3_suppl):S1-S47. doi: 10.1177/0194599816689667. PMID: 28248609

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Shonka DC Jr, Ho A, Chintakuntlawar AV, Geiger JL, Park JC, Seetharamu N, Jasim S, Abdelhamid Ahmed AH, Bible KC, Brose MS, Cabanillas ME, Dabekaussen K, Davies L, Dias-Santagata D, Fagin JA, Faquin WC, Ghossein RA, Gopal RK, Miyauchi A, Nikiforov YE, Ringel MD, Robinson B, Ryder MM, Sherman EJ, Sadow PM, Shin JJ, Stack BC Jr, Tuttle RM, Wirth LJ, Zafereo ME Jr, Randolph GW
Head Neck 2022 Jun;44(6):1277-1300. Epub 2022 Mar 11 doi: 10.1002/hed.27025. PMID: 35274388Free PMC Article
Saka-Herrán C, Jané-Salas E, Estrugo-Devesa A, López-López J
Head Neck 2021 May;43(5):1664-1682. Epub 2021 Mar 8 doi: 10.1002/hed.26663. PMID: 33682986
Chan JYK, Tsang RKY, Yeung KW, Abdullah V, Ku P, Wong EWY, Mehta N, Orosco RK, Holsinger FC
Head Neck 2020 Jun;42(6):1235-1239. Epub 2020 Apr 21 doi: 10.1002/hed.26168. PMID: 32298028Free PMC Article
Vengaloor Thomas T, Packianathan S, Bhanat E, Albert A, Abraham A, Gordy X, Kanakamedala M, Mehta D, Vijayakumar S
Head Neck 2020 Aug;42(8):2194-2201. Epub 2020 Mar 27 doi: 10.1002/hed.26144. PMID: 32220043
Bernier J, Cooper JS, Pajak TF, van Glabbeke M, Bourhis J, Forastiere A, Ozsahin EM, Jacobs JR, Jassem J, Ang KK, Lefèbvre JL
Head Neck 2005 Oct;27(10):843-50. doi: 10.1002/hed.20279. PMID: 16161069

Diagnosis

Han AY, Nader ME, Lam K, Su SY
Head Neck 2023 Sep;45(9):2458-2468. Epub 2023 Jul 14 doi: 10.1002/hed.27457. PMID: 37449544
Vengaloor Thomas T, Packianathan S, Bhanat E, Albert A, Abraham A, Gordy X, Kanakamedala M, Mehta D, Vijayakumar S
Head Neck 2020 Aug;42(8):2194-2201. Epub 2020 Mar 27 doi: 10.1002/hed.26144. PMID: 32220043
Kwon DI, Miles BA; Education Committee of the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)
Head Neck 2019 Mar;41(3):569-576. Epub 2018 Dec 20 doi: 10.1002/hed.24752. PMID: 30570183
López F, Rodrigo JP, Cardesa A, Triantafyllou A, Devaney KO, Mendenhall WM, Haigentz M Jr, Strojan P, Pellitteri PK, Bradford CR, Shaha AR, Hunt JL, de Bree R, Takes RP, Rinaldo A, Ferlito A
Head Neck 2016 Jan;38(1):147-55. Epub 2015 May 22 doi: 10.1002/hed.23872. PMID: 25242350Free PMC Article
Guidera AK, Dawes PJ, Fong A, Stringer MD
Head Neck 2014 Jul;36(7):1058-68. Epub 2014 Jan 29 doi: 10.1002/hed.23442. PMID: 23913739

Therapy

Margalit DN, Salz T, Venchiarutti R, Milley K, McNamara M, Chima S, Wong J, Druce P, Nekhlyudov L
Head Neck 2022 Nov;44(11):2579-2599. Epub 2022 Jul 18 doi: 10.1002/hed.27142. PMID: 35848095Free PMC Article
Saka-Herrán C, Jané-Salas E, Estrugo-Devesa A, López-López J
Head Neck 2021 May;43(5):1664-1682. Epub 2021 Mar 8 doi: 10.1002/hed.26663. PMID: 33682986
Ho JC, Phan J
Head Neck 2018 Sep;40(9):2078-2093. Epub 2018 Apr 23 doi: 10.1002/hed.25180. PMID: 29684256
Moubayed SP, Eskander A, Mourad MW, Most SP
Head Neck 2017 Jun;39(6):1249-1258. Epub 2017 Mar 29 doi: 10.1002/hed.24758. PMID: 28370756
Bernier J, Cooper JS, Pajak TF, van Glabbeke M, Bourhis J, Forastiere A, Ozsahin EM, Jacobs JR, Jassem J, Ang KK, Lefèbvre JL
Head Neck 2005 Oct;27(10):843-50. doi: 10.1002/hed.20279. PMID: 16161069

Prognosis

Sharma A, Crosby DL
Head Neck 2020 Jun;42(6):1147-1149. Epub 2020 Apr 28 doi: 10.1002/hed.26216. PMID: 32343444Free PMC Article
Mendenhall WM, Morris CG, Amdur RJ, Hitchcock KE, Silver NL, Dziegielewski PT
Head Neck 2019 Jul;41(7):2107-2110. Epub 2019 Feb 19 doi: 10.1002/hed.25664. PMID: 30779406
Duprez F, Berwouts D, De Neve W, Bonte K, Boterberg T, Deron P, Huvenne W, Rottey S, Mareel M
Head Neck 2017 Sep;39(9):1733-1743. Epub 2017 Jun 26 doi: 10.1002/hed.24687. PMID: 28650113
Moubayed SP, Eskander A, Mourad MW, Most SP
Head Neck 2017 Jun;39(6):1249-1258. Epub 2017 Mar 29 doi: 10.1002/hed.24758. PMID: 28370756
Baliga S, Kabarriti R, Ohri N, Haynes-Lewis H, Yaparpalvi R, Kalnicki S, Garg MK
Head Neck 2017 Mar;39(3):595-601. Epub 2016 Dec 20 doi: 10.1002/hed.24633. PMID: 27997054

Clinical prediction guides

Willemsen ACH, Pilz W, Hoeben A, Hoebers FJP, Schols AMWJ, Baijens LWJ
Head Neck 2023 Apr;45(4):783-797. Epub 2022 Dec 30 doi: 10.1002/hed.27288. PMID: 36583567
Saka-Herrán C, Jané-Salas E, Estrugo-Devesa A, López-López J
Head Neck 2021 May;43(5):1664-1682. Epub 2021 Mar 8 doi: 10.1002/hed.26663. PMID: 33682986
Aylward A, Park J, Abdelaziz S, Hunt JP, Buchmann LO, Cannon RB, Rowe K, Snyder J, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Wan Y, Fraser A, Smith K, Lloyd S, Hitchcock Y, Hashibe M, Monroe MM
Head Neck 2020 Apr;42(4):708-718. Epub 2020 Feb 7 doi: 10.1002/hed.26039. PMID: 32031294
Guidera AK, Dawes PJ, Fong A, Stringer MD
Head Neck 2014 Jul;36(7):1058-68. Epub 2014 Jan 29 doi: 10.1002/hed.23442. PMID: 23913739
Chung CH, Levy S, Yarbrough WG
Head Neck 2006 Apr;28(4):360-8. doi: 10.1002/hed.20323. PMID: 16284976

Recent systematic reviews

Kuang B, Li D, Lobbezoo F, de Vries R, Hilgevoord A, de Vries N, Huynh N, Lavigne G, Aarab G
Sleep Med 2022 Jan;89:31-47. Epub 2021 Nov 19 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.11.008. PMID: 34879286
Hajat C, Stein E, Ramstrom L, Shantikumar S, Polosa R
Harm Reduct J 2021 Dec 4;18(1):123. doi: 10.1186/s12954-021-00557-6. PMID: 34863207Free PMC Article
Banda KJ, Chu H, Kao CC, Voss J, Chiu HL, Chang PC, Chen R, Chou KR
Int J Nurs Stud 2021 Feb;114:103827. Epub 2020 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103827. PMID: 33352439
Negro A, Delaruelle Z, Ivanova TA, Khan S, Ornello R, Raffaelli B, Terrin A, Reuter U, Mitsikostas DD; European Headache Federation School of Advanced Studies (EHF-SAS)
J Headache Pain 2017 Oct 19;18(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s10194-017-0816-0. PMID: 29052046Free PMC Article
Cohen EE, LaMonte SJ, Erb NL, Beckman KL, Sadeghi N, Hutcheson KA, Stubblefield MD, Abbott DM, Fisher PS, Stein KD, Lyman GH, Pratt-Chapman ML
CA Cancer J Clin 2016 May;66(3):203-39. Epub 2016 Mar 22 doi: 10.3322/caac.21343. PMID: 27002678

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