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TONSILLAR METASTASIS FROM SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: RARE BUT OCCURS

ARZU YAREN, SERKAN DEĞİRMENCİOĞLU, ŞENAY TOPSAKAL, SİNEMİS YÜKSEL, FERDA BİR, ŞERMİN ÇOBAN, ORHAN KARA

Turkish Journal of Cancer - 2009;39(1):28-30

Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Departments of Medical Oncology, Denizli-Turkey

 

Metastatic carcinoma of the palatine tonsil is extremely rare in the literature. We report herein a case with unilateral tonsillar metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma which may mimic tonsillolithiasis, with a review of the literature about this rare entity.