Tonsillar metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma.
Clin Respir J
; 10(6): 681-683, 2016 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
Metastasis to palatine tonsils are rare, accounting from only 0.8% of all tonsillar tumors, so far only 100 cases reported in the English literature. Only a few cases have been reported for small cell and non-small cell lung cancer as a primary site. With a diagnosis of small cell lung cancer, a 68-year-old male patient relapsed after six cycles of chemotherapy in tonsilla palatina and cervical lymph nodes. Patients died 26 months after being diagnosed with lung cancer and 2 months after detection of tonsil metastasis. We present the current case report because of the rarity of metastasis to tonsil in lung cancer.
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Neoplasias Tonsilares
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Carcinoma de Pequenas Células do Pulmão
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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2016
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Article