title: Cutaneous metastasis from carcinoma of tonsil.
abstract: Hematogenous spread from carcinoma of tonsil is an uncommon event and skin is an extremely rare site of metastasis. We encountered a 40-year-old male patient who initially presented with carcinoma of the tonsil with T3N2cMO disease and treated by curative radiotherapy. After about 2 years, he developed a skin lesion in the periorbital region which on cytological examination turned out to be metastasis from tonsillar carcinoma. The present paper describes this rare case report along with a brief review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi - 110 029, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dasmajumdar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gairola
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Mohanti
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy