Tonsillar leiomyosarcoma.
Leiomyosarcomas of the head and neck is an extremely rare entity that because of its infrequency has been associated with both delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. Sinonasal tract is the most common site in this region. The overall prognosis is poor. It is necessary for appropriate immunohistochemical investigation for accurate diagnosis. Tonsillar leiomyosarcoma presented only 1 case in the English-language literature (PubMed, Ovid, and Proquest databases). We report a second case of leiomyosarcoma arising in the tonsil in a 38-year-old woman.


METHODS
Level IV therapeutic study.
From the *Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, †Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinic, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, and ‡Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic and §Pathology Clinic, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Harun
H
Çöloglu
Burak
B
Özkan
Ahmet  Çagri
A
Uysal
Hüseyin
H
Borman
Can Alper
CA
Cağici
Emine Tuba
ET
Canpolat
D000199:Actins / Q000032:analysis; D000328:Adult; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
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