Abstract
A 51 -year-old man complained of foreign body feeling in the pharynx 2 months after surgery for lung cancer. The left palatine tonsil was coated with a dirty furlike covering. Biopsy revealed tonsillar metastasis from lung cancer (adeno carcinoma). Intravenous chemotherapy with a total dose of 40 mg of adriamycin and 200 mg of cisplatinum reduced the size of the tonsillar tumor temporarily, but patient became cachectic and died after 6 months of treatment. The clinical findings in 10 cases of tonsillar metastasis reported in Japan are reviewed in this paper.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1261-1265 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Practica Otologica |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1987 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Otorhinolaryngology