会厌部位由于其解剖学关系及手术视野狭小和不便利,因此治疗上几乎可以说是属于放射治疗范围之内的手段。作者就维茨堡大学医院自1960年以来117例经病理证实的会厌癌包括原发灶及淋巴引流区及已有颈淋巴结转移者作一报导,文献报导会厌癌的颈淋巴结在60%～70%之间而作者的一组病例中有21例以颈部肿胀为唯一症状而就诊 Due to its anatomical relationship and narrow and inconvenient surgical vision, the epiglottis can be treated almost as a means within the scope of radiation therapy. The authors reported on 117 pathologically confirmed epiglottis cancers including the primary tumors and lymphatic drainage areas and existing cervical lymph node metastases since 1960 at the University Hospital of Würzburg. The literature reports that cervical lymph nodes in epiglottis are between 60% and 70. Between 21% and 21% of the author’s group of patients presented with neck swelling as the only symptom