Head and Neck Diseases Treated

We treat the following diseases and tumors of the following sites:

• Alveolus (Gum)
• Ameloblastoma
• Anterior Skull Base
• Base of Tongue
• Buccal Mucosa (inside cheek)
• Cervical esophagus
• Ear canal
• Ear/Mastoid bone
• Epiglottis
• Esthesioneuroblastoma
• Eustachian Tube
• External Ear
• Eyelid/Orbit
• Facial paralysis (related to cancer)
• Glottis (voice box)
• Hard Palate (mouth)
• Human Papillomavirus related cancers in the head and neck
• Jaw (upper or lower)
• Larynx (voice box)
• Laryngeal/throat cancer
• Lip (external or internal)
• Lymph nodes (neck)
• Mucosal melanoma
• Nasal passages or nasal septum
• Nasopharynx (nose)
• Olfactory Neuroblastoma
• Oral cavity (Mouth)
• Oropharynx (throat)
• Pancreatic islet cell tumors 
• Paranasal sinuses
• Parotid glands
• Pharynx (throat)
• Pyriform sinus (throat)
• Retromolar Trigone
• Sarcomas of the head and neck 
• Skin cancer of the head or face
• Squamous cell carcinomas in the head and neck
• Soft palate
• Subglottic tumors
• Submandibular gland
• Salivary gland
• Thyroid/parathyroid
• Tongue
• Tonsil
• Trachea
• Congenital/vascular tumors
• Orbital tumors +/- skull base involvement
• Benign skull base tumors
• Malignant skull base tumors
• Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ)
• Osteoradionecrosis (ORN)
• Vocal cord paralysis (related to cancer)

The following conditions are not generally seen at Moffitt and should be referred to the USF Department of ENT:

• Dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)
• Bell's Palsy
• Deviated septum
• Sinus congestion
• Rhinitis
• Sinusitis
• Nasal or sinus allergies
• Nasal polyps (unless cancerous)
• Sinus polyps (unless cancerous)
• Tonsillitis (acute or chronic)
• Sore throats
• Post-nasal drainage
• “Glue ear” / ear congestion
• Vertigo / labyrinthitis
• Meniere’s disease
• Tinnitus
• Deafness / hearing loss
• Subglottic stenosis
• Vocal cord paralysis (not related to cancer)
• Facial paralysis (not related to cancer)