title: Bilateral synchronous squamous cell tonsil carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy.
abstract: The incidence of numerous head and neck tumours is a known issue though bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma reports are so uncommon that only 20 cases were found in a literature review. Most of these patients were treated with bilateral tonsillectomy followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of bilateral synchronous tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma treated only with chemoradiotherapy without tonsillectomy.
authors.forename: Bekir Hakan
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Bakkal
authors.forename: Mehmet Birol
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bahadir
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D059248:Chemoradiotherapy; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000077195:Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*