title: Bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma.
abstract: Synchronous cancers occur in four per cent of patients with head and neck malignancies but no bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinomas have been described in the English literature. We describe the first such case and discuss the prognostic aspect of this carcinoma. In the presence of contralateral neck nodes in patients with head and neck malignancies, a careful search should be made for a second head and neck primary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Essex County Hospital, Colchester, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rajenderkumar
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McRae
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery