Bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma

J Laryngol Otol. 1999 Mar;113(3):255-7. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100143713.

Abstract

Synchronous cancers occur in four per cent of patients with head and neck malignancies but no bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinomas have been described in the English literature. We describe the first such case and discuss the prognostic aspect of this carcinoma. In the presence of contralateral neck nodes in patients with head and neck malignancies, a careful search should be made for a second head and neck primary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / radiotherapy
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / radiotherapy
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Palatine Tonsil / surgery
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / surgery