Late onset of tonsillar metastasis from breast cancer.
A 71-year-old woman non-smoker referred for repeated haemoptysis showed a tumoral lesion of the left tonsil. Pathological analysis of the biopsy showed characteristics compatible with a breast carcinoma metastasis, in which oestrogen and progesterone receptors were present. The patient had undergone mastectomy and had received adjuvant radiotherapy 24 years previously for a breast cancer with no complaints or signs of recurrence since. Investigations showed disseminated bone metastases but no other soft-tissue deposits. Anti-oestrogen therapy was applied. Only seven similar cases of tonsillar metastasis from breast cancer have been reported.
Head and Neck Unit, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery
D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone