head and neck carcinoma
MONDO:0002038Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names head and neck carcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A carcinoma that arises from the head and neck region. Representative examples include oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and salivary gland carcinoma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002038), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (16)
- ameloblastic carcinoma
- carcinoma of floor of mouth
- external ear carcinoma
- eye carcinoma
- growth hormone-producing pituitary gland carcinoma
- head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
- hypopharyngeal carcinoma
- laryngeal small cell carcinoma
- lip and oral cavity carcinoma
- middle ear carcinoma
- nasal cavity and paranasal sinus carcinoma
- nasal cavity carcinoma
- nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- oropharyngeal carcinoma
- pharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma
- pituitary adenocarcinoma
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: head and neck carcinoma
- Also called
- carcinoma of craniocervical regioncarcinoma of head and neckcarcinoma of neckcarcinoma of the head and neckcraniocervical region carcinomaneck carcinoma