title: [The rare case of simultaneous bilateral cancer of tonsilla palatina with large metastases to lymphoid glands of the neck].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The cases of simultaneous carcinomas of tonsilla palatina are not often described in the literature and they form a complex diagnostic and therapeutic problem.
  
  
  METHODS
  The rare case of simultaneous bilateral cancer of tonsilla palatina with large metastases to lymphoid glands of the neck was described in this paper. Clinical disorders of only one tonsilla were visible. Epidemiology and general ways of treatment were presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The precautions should be taken in the presence of bilateral metastases to the lymph nodes of the neck. The risk of bilateral simultaneous carcinoma of the tonsilla palatina is probable. Bilateral tonsillectomy should be a routine step in search on for the primary.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Laryngologii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego nr 4 w Bytomiu.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kozakiewicz
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dec
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miszczyk
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urbańczyk
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome