title: Tonsillar metastasis of small cell lung carcinoma.
abstract: Metastasis to palatine tonsils are rare, accounting from only 0.8% of all tonsillar tumors, so far only 100 cases reported in the English literature. Only a few cases have been reported for small cell and non-small cell lung cancer as a primary site. With a diagnosis of small cell lung cancer, a 68-year-old male patient relapsed after six cycles of chemotherapy in tonsilla palatina and cervical lymph nodes. Patients died 26 months after being diagnosed with lung cancer and 2 months after detection of tonsil metastasis. We present the current case report because of the rarity of metastasis to tonsil in lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuzmayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Meftun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unsal
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuzmayis University, Samsun, Turkey. drkutlar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kutlar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuzmayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yurdanur
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sullu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest, Sinop State Hospital, Sinop, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sirin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yurtlu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D055752:Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*
keywords: computed tomography; lymphatic metastasis; small cell lung carcinoma; tonsillar neoplasm