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Malakoplakia of the oropharynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

D. A. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.
H. R. Sharp
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.
C. W. Lawson
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.
D. B. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.

Abstract

We present a case of malakoplakia presenting as a lesion in the oropharynx of an elderly smoker. In this case a clinical diagnosis of carcinoma of the pharynx was made, biopsy revealed the nature of the lesion and management was radically altered.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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