Bilateral Synchronous Tonsillar Carcinoma

Autor:	C.E.B. Giddings, Melanie Powell, Michael Dilkes, Fiona McClenaghan
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Tonsillar Carcinoma medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Incidence (epidemiology) Occult Surgery Tonsillectomy Tonsillar Neoplasm medicine.anatomical_structure stomatognathic system Cervical lymph nodes Unknown primary Medicine Basal cell business
Zdroj:	Journal of Otology & Rhinology.
ISSN:	2324-8785
DOI:	10.4172/2324-8785.1000126
Popis:	Bilateral Synchronous Tonsillar Carcinoma Introduction: The tonsils are the most common site of occult primaries in the oropharynx with a reported incidence of 18%-44%. Bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma has been reported 15 times in the literature however the incidence is likely to be much higher as bilateral tonsillectomy in the work-up of a patient with cervical metastases of unknown primary origin is not routine practice in all centres. Methods: A case series of four patients presenting with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in cervical lymph nodes with unknown primaries found on bilateral tonsillectomy to have bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma. Discussion: This cases series supports the case for bilateral tonsillectomy to become standard practice in the work-up of a patient with cervical metastases of unknown primary origin.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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