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Metastasis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma to the palatine tonsil

  • Authors:
    • Lena Zaubitzer
    • Nicole Rotter
    • Christoph Aderhold
    • Timo Gaiser
    • Frederic Jungbauer
    • Benedikt Kramer
    • Beatrice Kuhlin
    • Carsten Thorn
    • Anne Lammert
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  • Published online on: November 27, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1776
  • Pages: 231-234
  • Copyright: © Zaubitzer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Lung cancer rarely metastasizes to the palatine tonsil. There have only been a few cases that have reported on palatine tonsillar metastases of pulmonary adenocarcinoma. In the majority of these cases the primary diagnosis is a small cell lung cancer. The present case report resents an unusual case of a 66‑year‑old woman with a multiple metastasized lung adenocarcinoma, which was finally detected by tonsillectomy. The present case report and review of the literature revealed the importance of complete and systematic tumor staging, including the examination of the oral cavity in case of lung cancer and that the evident tentative diagnosis is not always the right one.
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Zaubitzer L, Rotter N, Aderhold C, Gaiser T, Jungbauer F, Kramer B, Kuhlin B, Thorn C and Lammert A: Metastasis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma to the palatine tonsil. Mol Clin Oncol 10: 231-234, 2019
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Zaubitzer, L., Rotter, N., Aderhold, C., Gaiser, T., Jungbauer, F., Kramer, B. ... Lammert, A. (2019). Metastasis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma to the palatine tonsil. Molecular and Clinical Oncology, 10, 231-234. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1776
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Zaubitzer, L., Rotter, N., Aderhold, C., Gaiser, T., Jungbauer, F., Kramer, B., Kuhlin, B., Thorn, C., Lammert, A."Metastasis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma to the palatine tonsil". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 10.2 (2019): 231-234.
Chicago
Zaubitzer, L., Rotter, N., Aderhold, C., Gaiser, T., Jungbauer, F., Kramer, B., Kuhlin, B., Thorn, C., Lammert, A."Metastasis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma to the palatine tonsil". Molecular and Clinical Oncology 10, no. 2 (2019): 231-234. https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2018.1776