A 65-year-old male presented with a 6-month history of difficulty swallowing that progressed from solids to liquids. He also had a neck swelling for 2 months that increased in size to that of an orange. Examination found a ulceroproliferative growth in the left pyriform fossa and aryepiglottic fold, as well as a 5x3cm fixed and immobile left level 2 lymphadenopathy. The provisional diagnosis was malignancy of the hypopharynx with neck metastases.