title: Cutaneous melanoma with tonsillar metastasis.
abstract: Metastases to the tonsillar fossa due to hematogenous dissemination is an extremely rare phenomenon associated with advanced-stage disease and poor prognosis. In the present report we describe a case of cutaneous melanoma with a metastasis to the tonsil approximately 4 years after the initial diagnosis of the primary disease treated with palliative radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Therapy, University Hospital of Ioannina, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece. epakos@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Emilios E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pakos
authors.forename: Pericles G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Tsekeris
authors.forename: Penelope V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Gogou
authors.forename: Evangelos V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Koutis
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capizzello
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Exarchakos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*