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Turkish Journal of Cancer

2009, Volume 39, Number 1, Page(s) 028-030

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Tonsillar metastasis from small cell lung cancer: Rare but occurs

ARZU YAREN¹, SERKAN DEĞİRMENCİOĞLU¹, ŞENAY TOPSAKAL¹, SİNEMİS YÜKSEL¹, FERDA BİR², ŞERMİN ÇOBAN², ORHAN KARA³

¹Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Departments of Medical Oncology, Denizli-Turkey
²Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Departments of Pathology, Denizli-Turkey
³Pamukkale University Medical Faculty, Departments of Otolaryngology, 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. [Turk J Cancer 2009;39(1):28-30]

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