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EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
Volume 265, Issue 1, Pages 127-129Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0402-1
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tonsil; metastasis; adenocarcinoma; oesophagus; head and neck
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In the literature less than 100 cases of metastatic carcinoma of the palatine tonsil have been reported. Tonsillar metastasis of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus has not been reported previously. We report a case of a 57-year-old male with a primary adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus with a metastasis in the right palatine tonsil. Metastatic tumour involving the palatine tonsil is rare. The route of dissemination remains unclear. Hypothetically the dissemination of tumour cells could be lymphogenic or secondary by transportation due to vomiting or at the time of endoscopy, but most likely represents haematogenous spread.
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