Successfully treated lingual tonsillar metastasis from bronchial adenocarcinoma

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 455-457

  Tsubochi, Hiroyoshi ^a   Isogami, Katsuhiko ^a   Sato, Nobuyuki ^b   Imai, Tadashi ^b  

^a Miyagi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center ^*  (Japan)

^b AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lingual tonsil; Lung cancer; Metastasis; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TONSIL CANCER; TONSIL TUMOR;

EID: 24344487247     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-0085-8     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Brownson RJ, Jaques WE, LaMonte SE, Zollinger WK. Hypernephroma metastatic to the palatine tonsils. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1979; 88: 235-40.
2. Monforte R, Ferrer A, Montserrat JM, Picado C, Palacín A. Bronchial adenocarcinoma presenting as a lingual tonsillar metastasis. Chest 1987; 92: 1122-3.
3. Gallo A, Pescarmona E, Crupi J, Corsetti GL, De Vincentiis M. Bilateral tonsillar metastasis of gastric adenocarcinoma. Head Neck 1992; 14: 55-7.
4. Benito I, Alvarez-Gago T, Morais D. Tonsillar metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the stomach. J Laryngol Otol 1996; 110: 291-3.
5. Llanes F, Sanz-Ortega J, Suarez B, Sanz-Esponera J. Hepatocellular carcinomas diagnosed following metastasis to the oral cavity. Report of 2 cases. J Periodontol 1996; 67: 717-9.
6. Hisa Y, Yasuda N, Murakami M. Small cell carcinoma of the lung metastatic to the palatine tonsil. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997; 116: 563-4.
7. Murakawa T, Nakajima J, Fukami T, Tanaka M, Takeuchi E, Takamoto S. Tonsillar metastasis from large cell carcinoma of the lung. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 49: 377-80.
8. Mendenhall WM, Amdur RJ, Stringer SP, Villaret DB, Cassisi NJ. Radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsillar region: A preferred alternative to surgery? J Clin Oncol 2000; 18: 2219-25.
9. Jones AS, Fenton JE, Husband DJ. The treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil with neck node metastases. Head Neck 2003; 25: 24-31.