Bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma in cervical cancer of unknown primary site (CUPS)

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 260, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 490-493

  Kazak, Ilkay ^a   Haisch, Andreas ^a   Jovanovic, Sergije ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical metastasis; Cystic metastasis; Head and neck neoplasm; Tonsillar neoplasm; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0242361084     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-003-0590-2     Document Type: Article

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