title: [An unusual case of latero-cervical metastatic adenopathy caused by an occult tumor of tonsillar origin, discovered more than 4 years later].
abstract: The Authors report a rare case of an hidden tonsilar carcinoma, discovered more than four years after the appearance of a side-cervical adenopathy. After a review of the literature, they express some personal considerations on the diagnostic problem. Particularly they suggest systematical tonsillectomy as an also preventive treatment.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms
vernacular_title: A proposito di un raro caso di adenopatia metastatica latero-cervicale da tumore occulto di origine tonsillare, rivelatosi a distanza di oltre 4 anni