title: Tonsillar metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma presenting as a quinsy.
abstract: We present a rare case of renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the tonsil. Tonsillectomy was inadvertently performed during an attempt to drain what was clinically a peritonsillar abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pantelides
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Carpentier
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000556:secondary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000039:Peritonsillar Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D014068:Tonsillectomy