Tonsillar metastasis of primary signet-ring cell carcinoma of the cecum

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2006 Mar;33(1):85-8. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2005.07.009. Epub 2005 Sep 15.

Abstract

Metastatic carcinoma of the palatine tonsil is unusual. The most common primary sites of the tonsillar metastasis are the kidney, cutaneous melanoma, lung and breast. Primary manifestation of these tumors as a tonsillar mass is extremely rare in the literature. We present a case with a tonsillar metastasis from unusually localized primary signet ring-cell carcinoma of the cecum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / therapy
  • Cecal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / therapy