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Tonsillar metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the stomach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Ignacio Benito ,
Tomás Alvarez-Gago  and
Darío Morais
Ignacio Benito
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Valladolid, Spain.
Tomás Alvarez-Gago*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Valladolid, Spain.
Darío Morais
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Valladolid, Spain.
*
Address for correspondence: Prof. Dr. Tomás Alvarez-Gago, Dpto Anatomía Patológica, Facultad de Medicina, Av. Ramón y Cajal n° 7, 47005 Valladolid, Spain. Fax: 83-42.30.22
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Abstract

Metastatic carcinoma of the tonsil is rare with only some 100 cases having been reported in the literature, of which nine have resulted from stomach carcinoma. Tonsillar metastases rarely become apparent before the diagnosis of the primary neoplasm. We describe here the clinical and histopathological findings of a case of unilateral palatine tonsil metastasis as the first sign of a signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach. This has not been reported previously.

Keywords

Tonsillar neoplasmCarcinomaNeoplasm metastasisStomach neoplasms

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Type
Pathology in Focus
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , March 1996 , pp. 291 - 293
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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