| Literature DB >> 1487674 |
F Tesei1, G Farneti, O Cavicchi, P Antonelli, G Zanetti, O Leone.
Abstract
Metastatic tumours are rare in the tonsil. We describe a 69-year-old male patient who had previously undergone a resection of a Merkel-cell tumour of the left forearm and subsequently presented with a left tonsillar tumour. Biopsy revealed a metastatic Merkel-cell carcinoma. Our patient is the first described case of Merkel-cell carcinoma metastasizing to the tonsil. The clinical and histopathological picture of this rare tumour is presented, along with a review of literature.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1487674 DOI： 10.1017/s0022215100121899
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Laryngol Otol ISSN： 0022-2151 Impact factor: 1.469