Cutaneous melanoma with tonsillar metastasis.
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.
Pakos
Emilios E
EE
Department of Radiation Therapy, University Hospital of Ioannina, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece. epakos@yahoo.gr
Tsekeris
Pericles G
PG
Gogou
Penelope V
PV
Koutis
Evangelos V
EV
Capizzello
Antonio
A
Exarchakos
George
G
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*